CVE-2022-40009 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SWFTools commit 772e55a was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the function grow_unicode at /lib/ttf.c.

Published: 2022-09-20

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:swftools:swftools:2021-12-16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43334	SWFTools commit 772e55a was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the function grow_unicode at /lib/ttf.c.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00436.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/190

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Swftools Swftools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-20T19:14:20.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-28T16:05:12.593Z

Reserved: 2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40009

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:07:43.104Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T20:15:10.550

Modified: 2025-05-28T16:15:27.897

Link: CVE-2022-40009

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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