🛡️ CVE-2024-26335 — swftools

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-26335 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

CVE-2024-26335 is recorded against 1 package.

• swftools

Timeline and source

Published on 5 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

swftools has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271 (published 19 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2025-6271 (3.3 Low, published 19 Jun 2025)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28458 (published 11 Apr 2024)
• CVE-2024-28458 (7.5 High, published 11 Apr 2024)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26337 (published 5 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2024-26339 (9.1 Critical, published 5 Mar 2024)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26335 (published 5 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2024-26337 (4.3 Medium, published 5 Mar 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds) in other software:

• CVE-2017-12601 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12862 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-1941 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-4179 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-4155 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-0270 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-33162 (7.3 High, published 16 Aug 2024)
• CVE-2022-33267 (6.7 Medium, published 6 Jun 2023)

CVE-2024-26335 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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