CVE-2023-37644 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SWFTools 0.9.2 772e55a allows attackers to trigger a large memory-allocation attempt via a crafted document, as demonstrated by pdf2swf. This occurs in png_read_chunk in lib/png.c.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Swftools	Swftools

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:swftools:swftools:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/202

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:26:11.739Z

Reserved: 2023-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-37644

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:16:30.999Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T08:15:35.737

Modified: 2025-06-03T15:15:38.063

Link: CVE-2023-37644

Redhat

No data.

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