CVE-2018-5251: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer signedness error vulnerability (left shift of a negative value) in the readSBits function (util/read.c). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Libming Libming: version 0.4.8 only

Published 2018-01-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.