CVE catalog

CVE-2025-6271

UBUNTU-

[CVE catalog]

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in swftools up to 0.9.2. This affects the function wav_convert2mono in the library lib/wav.c of the component wav2swf. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Severity
Unknown
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.27% · Oct 27, 2026

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntu18.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-4.1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-2ubuntu1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-4Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Provider details and historical evidence
Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-2Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-2ubuntu1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-4Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu16.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Ubuntu18.04swftools0.9.2+git20130725-4.1Affected[UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6271]
Original provider fields
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        "0.9.2+git20130725-4",
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}

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

Observed:

References

[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]