High
Security advisory
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in parser.c in libming 0.4.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (listswf application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SWF file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9831.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-7578
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in parser.c in libming 0.4.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (listswf application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SWF file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9831.
osv:CVE-2017-7578
Complete source record
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