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Unscored CVE-2021-42196 EUVD-2021-29178GHSA-7f4h-qh3c-ph2c

An issue was discovered in swftools through 20201222. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function traits_parse() located in abc.c. It…

Published May 31, 2022 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

An issue was discovered in swftools through 20201222. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function traits_parse() located in abc.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

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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