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CVE-2016-9831

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• Libming: through 0.4.7

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94767
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-parseswf_rgba-parser-c/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94767
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-parseswf_rgba-parser-c/

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