Advisory Details

July 19th, 2018

Foxit PhantomPDF PDF Parsing Shading Pattern Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-14295
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Foxit
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	PhantomPDF
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF. 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 PDF documents. When parsing shading patterns, the process does not properly validate user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Foxit has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-05-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-07-19 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-07-19 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Anonymous

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