{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16711","details":"The swf_DefineLosslessBitsTagToImage function in lib/modules/swfbits.c in SWFTools 0.9.2 mishandles an uncompress failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) because of extractDefinitions in lib/readers/swf.c and fill_line_bitmap in lib/devices/render.c, as demonstrated by swfrender.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:36Z","published":"2017-11-09T18:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-16711"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16711"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/46"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16711"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"swftools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/swftools@0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.9.2+git20130725-2","0.9.2+git20130725-2ubuntu1","0.9.2+git20130725-4","0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"swftools","binary_version":"0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16711.json"}},{"package":{"name":"swftools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/swftools@0.9.2+git20130725-4.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.9.2+git20130725-4.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"swftools","binary_version":"0.9.2+git20130725-4.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16711.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","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":"low"}]}