SWFTools 0.9.2/5.c lex.swf5.c swf5lex heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SWFTools 0.9.2/5.c. It has been declared as critical. This affects the function swf5lex of the file lex.swf5.c. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-22913. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SWFTools 0.9.2/5.c (Programming Tool Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function swf5lex of the file lex.swf5.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A heap-buffer-overflow was found in SWFTools v0.9.2, in the function swf5lex at lex.swf5.c:1321. It allows an attacker to cause code execution.

The weakness was published 01/19/2024 as 213. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-22913 since 01/11/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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01/11/2024 🔍
01/19/2024 +8 days 🔍
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05/30/2025 +497 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 213
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-22913 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-22913
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251600

Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2024 20:16
Updated: 05/30/2025 18:11
Changes: 01/19/2024 20:16 (40), 02/15/2024 14:20 (11), 05/30/2025 18:11 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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