Libming
CVE-2025-29490
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.25%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could cause denial of service by exhausting system resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
libming v0.4.8 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the decompileCALLMETHOD function. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.
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This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. libming v0.4.8 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the decompileCALLMETHOD function. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted SWF file. Affected products include: Libming.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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2DescriptionCVE.org
libming v0.4.8 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the decompileCALLMETHOD function. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted SWF file.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using libming v0.4.8 should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-29490, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 6.5. Service availability could be impacted. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libming version 0.4.8, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code and obtain sensitive
Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has a heap-based buffer over-read (2 bytes) in the function decompileIF() in decompile.c. Rated
Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has a heap-based buffer over-read (8 bytes) in the function decompileIF() in decompile.c. Rated
Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function OpCode() in the decompile.c file in lib
libming listswf 0.4.7 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the parseSWF_DEFINEFONTINFO() function at parser.c.
libming v0.4.8 was discovered to contain a stack buffer overflow via the function makeswf_preprocess at /util/makeswf_ut
Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function decompile_SWITCH() in decompile.c. Rated high
Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function strcpyext() in the decompile.c file in
Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has a NULL pointer dereference in the function getString() in the decompile.c file in libutil.a
The readBytes function in util/read.c in libming through 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a
The parseSWF_ACTIONRECORD function in util/parser.c in libming through 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified
libming 0.4.8 has a NULL pointer dereference in the getName function of the decompile.c file, a different vulnerability
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