CVE-2017-16796

7.8 highEPSS 1.3%

High (7.8) in swftools swftools. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In SWFTools 0.9.2, the png_load function in lib/png.c does not check the return value of a realloc call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an IDAT tag in a crafted PNG file.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-11-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

swftools:swftools

References

https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/51
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/51

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