CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17557
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
In Foxit Reader before 9.1 and Foxit PhantomPDF before 9.1, a flaw exists within the parsing of the BITMAPINFOHEADER record in BMP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the biSize member, which can result in a heap based buffer overflow. An attacker can leverage this to execute code in the context of the current process.
Affected configurations
• foxitsoftware foxit reader (< 9.1)
• foxitsoftware phantompdf (< 9.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103999 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.0patch.com/2018/05/0patching-foxit-reader-buffer-oops.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103999 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.0patch.com/2018/05/0patching-foxit-reader-buffer-oops.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory