Local converter crash via out-of-bounds strlen read
Published May 9, 2023 · Updated Jan 28, 2025
Heap buffer overflow in Libming swftophp 0.4.8 allows local users to crash the converter by processing a crafted SWF file. The newVar_N function in util/decompile.c repeatedly calls strlen while assembling decompiled arguments, and a crafted action stream causes strlen to read beyond a 1,024-byte heap allocation. The user must be able to run swftophp on the file; the demonstrated consequence is process termination, with no documented confidentiality or integrity impact.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in Libming swftophp 0.4.8 allows local users to crash the converter by processing a crafted SWF file. The newVar_N function in util/decompile.c repeatedly calls strlen while assembling decompiled arguments, and a crafted action stream causes strlen to read beyond a 1,024-byte heap allocation. The user must be able to run swftophp on the file; the demonstrated consequence is process termination, with no documented confidentiality or integrity impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-30083
- Published
- May 9, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 9, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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