Application crash via expression parser stack underflow
Published Jan 19, 2024 · Updated Jun 5, 2025
Stack-buffer underflow in SWFTools 0.9.2 allows context-dependent attackers to crash swfc through a crafted script file. The parseExpression routine reads four bytes before its local stack array while parsing the supplied expression. Exploitation requires a user to run swfc on attacker-controlled input; the published proof of concept demonstrates an AddressSanitizer-detected abort, not code execution.
Summary
What happened
Stack-buffer underflow in SWFTools 0.9.2 allows context-dependent attackers to crash swfc through a crafted script file. The parseExpression routine reads four bytes before its local stack array while parsing the supplied expression. Exploitation requires a user to run swfc on attacker-controlled input; the published proof of concept demonstrates an AddressSanitizer-detected abort, not code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-22911
- Published
- Jan 19, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- swfc parseExpression proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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