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Foxit Reader: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2018-5677)

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Foxit Reader: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2018-5677)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/24/2018
Created
02/01/2020
Added
01/24/2020
Modified
01/27/2020

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader before 9.1 and PhantomPDF before 9.1. 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 specially crafted pdf files with embedded u3d images. 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 object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-5679 and CVE-2018-5680.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-latest

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