SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows png2swf memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component png2swf. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-9926. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows (Programming Tool Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component png2swf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows, png2swf allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at image00000000_00400000+0x000000000001b596."

The bug was discovered 06/25/2017. The weakness was presented 07/05/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-9926 since 06/25/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-103214, VDB-103212 and VDB-103211 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Programming Tool Software

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• SWFTools

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• 2013-04-09-1007

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• open-source

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