An issue was discovered in swftools through 20200710. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function swf_GetShapeBoundingBox() located in swfshape.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.
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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swftools | Swftools | * | 2020-07-10 (including) |
| Swftools | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Swftools | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Swftools | Ubuntu | xenial | * |