CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-14295
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-31
- 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-190
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF Phantom PDF 9.1.5096. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of PDF documents. When parsing shading patterns, the process does not properly validate user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6223.
Affected configurations
• foxitsoftware foxit reader (<= 9.1.0.5096)
• foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 9.1.0.5096)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-755 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-755 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry