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CVE-2017-8782

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.

Affected products

• Libming: 0.4.8

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98793
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98793

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