CVE-2017-8420 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting SWFTools 2013-04-09-1007 on Windows, specifically within the font2swf component. It can be triggered by processing a specially crafted TTF file, leading to an access violation. Rated 6.5 Medium, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2013-04-09-1007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:swftools:swftools:2013-04-09-1007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.