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medium 5.5

CVE-2016-9828 json

The dumpBuffer function in read.c in the listswf tool in libming 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer d…

published 2017-02-16 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10628

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The dumpBuffer function in read.c in the listswf tool in libming 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted SWF file.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9828 updated

ming: Multiple security vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • blogs.gentoo.org https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libming-listswf-null-pointer-dereference-in-dumpbuffer-read-c/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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