{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44590","details":"In libming 0.4.8, a memory exhaustion vulnerability exist in the function cws2fws in util/main.c. Remote attackers could launch denial of service attacks by submitting a crafted SWF file that exploits this vulnerability.","modified":"2026-04-22T13:03:17.784556Z","published":"2022-01-06T14:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-44590"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44590"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/236"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/libming/libming"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44590"}],"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/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44590.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}