{"id":"CVE-2017-8782","details":"The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:41:14.009224Z","published":"2017-05-31T04:29:00.227Z","related":["MGASA-2018-0212"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98793"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/libming/libming","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"b72cc2fda0e8b3792b7b3f7361fc3f917f269433"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.4.8"}]}}],"versions":["ming-0_3_0","ming-0_3_beta2","ming-0_4_0_beta3","ming-0_4_0_beta4","ming-0_4_0_beta5","ming-0_4_0_rc1","ming-0_4_0_rc2","ming-0_4_3","ming-0_4_4","ming-0_4_5","ming-0_4_6","ming-0_4_7","ming-0_4_8"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8782.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}