CVE-2019-12982 — Ming (aka libming) 0

Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has a heap buffer overflow and underflow in the decompileCAST function in util/decompile.c in libutil.a. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

01What is this vulnerability?

Ming (aka libming) 0.4.8 has a heap buffer overflow and underflow in the decompileCAST function in util/decompile.c in libutil.a. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-06-26T17:09:46.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:41:10.060Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/libming/libming/commit/da9d86eab55cbf608d5c916b8b690f5b76bca4…