CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-11101

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 07, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in swfcombine, it can lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the swf_Relocate() function in lib/modules/swftools.c.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SwftoolsSwftools0.9.2 (including)0.9.2 (including)
SwftoolsUbuntuartful*
SwftoolsUbuntubionic*
SwftoolsUbuntucosmic*
SwftoolsUbuntudisco*
SwftoolsUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
SwftoolsUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
SwftoolsUbuntutrusty*
SwftoolsUbuntuupstream*
SwftoolsUbuntuxenial*
SwftoolsUbuntuyakkety*
SwftoolsUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References