CVE-2017-10976

Publication date 6 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

When SWFTools 0.9.2 processes a crafted file in ttftool, it can lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in the readBlock() function in lib/ttf.c.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
swftools	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

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ttftool is not built as part of debian packaging

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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