{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9829","details":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the parseSWF_DEFINEFONT function in parser.c in the listswf tool in libming 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted SWF file.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:07:06.628251Z","published":"2017-02-17T02:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-9829"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9829"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-parseswf_definefont-parser-c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00075-libming-heapoverflow-parseSWF_DEFINEFONT"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9829"}],"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_name":"libming1","binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"},{"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-2016-9829.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:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}