CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-8782.md

### [CVE-2017-8782](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8782)
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### Description

The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106

#### Github
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