CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-17622

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-10-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-10-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.1.0.5096. 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 Calculate events. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6354.

Affected configurations

• foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 9.2.0.9297) • foxitsoftware reader (<= 9.2.0.9297)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References