VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-16883

medium
Published 2017-11-18 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/77

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
libminglibming{"endIncluding":"0.4.8"}

References

CWEs

CWE-476

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.