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CVE-2017-16883

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD function in util/outputscript.c in libming <= 0.4.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

Affected products

• Libming: through 0.4.8

References

• https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/77
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00014.html
• https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/77
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00014.html

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