Converter crash via DCT Huffman heap read
Published Sep 23, 2022 · Updated May 23, 2025
Heap-buffer overflow in SWFTools commit 772e55a2 allows local users to crash pdf2swf by supplying a crafted PDF file. The DCTStream::readHuffSym path reads one byte through a wild heap pointer while pdf2swf decodes image data embedded in the PDF. Successful exploitation requires a user or local workflow to process the file and terminates the converter; no confidentiality or integrity impact is reported.
Summary
What happened
Heap-buffer overflow in SWFTools commit 772e55a2 allows local users to crash pdf2swf by supplying a crafted PDF file. The DCTStream::readHuffSym path reads one byte through a wild heap pointer while pdf2swf decodes image data embedded in the PDF. Successful exploitation requires a user or local workflow to process the file and terminates the converter; no confidentiality or integrity impact is reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35094
- Published
- Sep 23, 2022
- Updated
- May 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 23, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- pdf2swf crafted-PDF crash proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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