This is probably a bug in either the swf-player and/or libswfdec packages.

libswfdecf is the swf decoding library, and swf-player uses it (?) and
advertises an swf image loader to all GTK2 applications:

/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.4.0/loaders/swf_loader.so

I suspect any GTK application that tries to decode your swf file may be
susceptible - as there are many GTK applications this may also pose a security
risk.


Disabling swf in preferences will help GQview, but other GTK apps that may try
to decode images within your home folder may also fall victim.

It appears swf-player also installs a plugin for mozilla and firefox, try to
test one or both of them with the image too.


* Bug assignee note: GQview uses the progressive gdk-pixbuf image loaders, as
most GTK apps will use the simple (gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file) loader, if the bug
is only within the progressive loader they will not be effected.


-John


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