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Unscored CVE-2017-8420 EUVD-2017-17371GHSA-38mm-4j73-pxpp

SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows has a "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at image00000000_00400000+0x000000…

Published Jul 5, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows has a "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at image00000000_00400000+0x0000000000003e71" issue. This issue can be triggered by a malformed TTF file that is mishandled by font2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS (Access Violation).

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS swftools No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS swftools No fix yet —

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