CVE-2023-27249 — swfdump v0

swfdump v0.9.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the function swf_GetPlaceObject at swfobject.c.

01What is this vulnerability?

swfdump v0.9.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the function swf_GetPlaceObject at swfobject.c.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

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: 2023-03-23T02:15:12.733
• Last modified: 2026-07-09T01:18:13.740

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/keepinggg/poc/blob/main/poc_of_swfdump/poc
• github.com — https://github.com/keepinggg/poc/tree/main/poc_of_swfdump
• github.com — https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools
• github.com — https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/197
• github.com — https://github.com/keepinggg/poc/blob/main/poc_of_swfdump/poc
• github.com — https://github.com/keepinggg/poc/tree/main/poc_of_swfdump
• github.com — https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools
• github.com — https://github.com/matthiaskramm/swftools/issues/197