CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-31454

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-05-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-05-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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-122

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 10.1.1.37576. 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 the Decimal element. A crafted leadDigits value in a Decimal element can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-13095.

Affected configurations

• foxitsoftware foxit reader (<= 10.1.3.37598) • foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 9.7.5.29616) • foxitsoftware phantompdf (>= 10.0.0.0 <= 10.1.3.37598)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References