vulnerability
Foxit Reader: CVE-2017-17557: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 24, 2018 | Jan 24, 2020 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 24, 2018
Added
Jan 24, 2020
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
foxit_reader-update-latest
References
- CVE-2017-17557
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-17557
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103999
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733
- https://blog.0patch.com/2018/05/0patching-foxit-reader-buffer-oops.html
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-8715
- CWE-119
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-8715
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