CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9828

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 17, 2017 | Modified: Feb 18, 2017
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The dumpBuffer function in read.c in the listswf tool in libming 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted SWF file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libming Libming * 0.4.7 (including)
Ming Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Ming Ubuntu precise *
Ming Ubuntu trusty *
Ming Ubuntu xenial *
Ming Ubuntu yakkety *

Potential Mitigations

References