CVE-2024-22957

Summary

CVE-2024-22957 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting swftools version 0.9.2. This issue stems from an Out-of-bounds Read flaw in the function "dict_do_lookup" found in the file "q.c" located at line 1190. An attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability by reading memory outside of the intended bounds during the lookup process, leading to potential security breaches or crashes. Users are advised to update swftools to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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