Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20178401000
Revision Date:2017-05-01Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8401 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8401
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The 'swftools' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
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