{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8782","details":"The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:18Z","published":"2017-05-31T04:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-8782"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8782"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8782"}],"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_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"libming-dev"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","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"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8782.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}