Security advisory

{
  "id": "a3b2d20768c908f839f675a62736dfe99b8abd4de5405778f1601089eb6385e6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9831",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9831",
    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the parseSWF_RGBA function in parser.c in the listswf tool in libming 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted SWF file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9831",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-9831",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-9831"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libming/libming",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6f91d1aa8f2351c2226020df015d3f05e453f3ee"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libming:libming:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.4.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "ming-0_4_7",
            "ming-0_4_6",
            "ming-0_4_5",
            "ming-0_4_4",
            "ming-0_4_3",
            "ming-0_4_0_rc2",
            "ming-0_4_0_rc1",
            "ming-0_4_0_beta5",
            "ming-0_4_0_beta4",
            "ming-0_4_0_beta3",
            "ming-0_3_0",
            "ming-0_3_beta2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9831.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.661396766Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-parseswf_rgba-parser-c/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9831",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432627,
  "published_at": "2017-02-17T02:59:14.187+00:00"
}