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CVE-2017-8401

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.12% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-8401
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.12%

Original NVD Description

In SWFTools 0.9.2, an out-of-bounds read of heap data can occur in the function png_load() in lib/png.c:724. This issue can be triggered by a malformed PNG file that is mishandled by png2swf. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS.