CVE-2025-29491

Exp

An allocation-size-too-big error in the parseSWF_DEFINEBINARYDATA function of libming v0.48 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted SWF file.

Published: 2025-03-27 Last update: 2025-04-01 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-29491 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-29491

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-29491

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-07 0.25% 0.46% +0.21%
2 2026-01-21 0.09% 0.25% +0.16%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-29491

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-29491

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-29491

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-29491 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ming), 8 status rows across 8 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-29491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-29491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libming libming 0.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:libming:libming:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-29491

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