Service interruption via unreleased filter-list allocation
Published Feb 20, 2025 · Updated Feb 24, 2025
Memory leak in libming 0.4.8 allows attackers to interrupt applications that parse a crafted SWF file containing a filter list. The parseSWF_FILTERLIST function in util/parser.c allocates list->Filter according to the file's filter count, and parseSWF_PLACEOBJECT3 never releases that allocation. An application must parse the supplied file; repeated processing consumes memory, while the public report does not identify whether exhaustion causes a hang or crash.
Summary
What happened
Memory leak in libming 0.4.8 allows attackers to interrupt applications that parse a crafted SWF file containing a filter list. The parseSWF_FILTERLIST function in util/parser.c allocates list->Filter according to the file's filter count, and parseSWF_PLACEOBJECT3 never releases that allocation. An application must parse the supplied file; repeated processing consumes memory, while the public report does not identify whether exhaustion causes a hang or crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-26308
- Published
- Feb 20, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-401, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Poc-parseSWF_FILTERLIST.zipproof of concept · demonstrated
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