CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-13318

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-10-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-10-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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-134

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 processing of the util.printf Javascript method. The application processes the %p parameter in the format string, allowing heap addresses to be returned to the script. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-8544.

Affected configurations

• foxitsoftware reader (<= 9.5.0.20723) • foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 8.3.10.42705) • foxitsoftware phantompdf (>= 9.0 <= 9.5.0.20723)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness

References