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CVE-2017-17557

NVDCIRCLENISA

EUVD-2017-8715 · Published Apr 24, 2018

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.

Technologies

Foxitsoftware PhantompdfFoxitsoftware Foxit Reader

Weaknesses

CWE-119

CVSS scores

  • v3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

MITRE ATT&CK

Inferred

Where this vulnerability fits in an attack

Initial Access

References

Potentially impacted assets

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