CVE-2023-37644

Summary

CVE-2023-37644 is a vulnerability affecting SWFTools 0.9.2 with the commit hash 772e55a. Malicious actors can exploit this issue by providing a specially crafted document to trigger a large memory-allocation attempt. This vulnerability is identified in the png_read_chunk function of lib/png.c within the software. Successful exploitation could potentially lead to denial-of-service conditions or memory consumption, posing a risk to system stability and performance. Users are advised to update to the latest version of SWFTools to mitigate this threat.

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