{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9828","details":"The dumpBuffer function in read.c in the listswf tool in libming 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted SWF file.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:07:22.718571Z","published":"2017-02-17T02:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-9828"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9828"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-null-pointer-dereference-in-dumpbuffer-read-c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00078-libming-nullptr-dumpBuffer"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9828"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ming","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ming@1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu2","1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu5","1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu6","1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libming-util","binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"libming1"},{"binary_name":"libswf-perl","binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"},{"binary_name":"ming-fonts-dejavu","binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"},{"binary_name":"ming-fonts-opensymbol","binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"},{"binary_name":"python-ming","binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9828.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}