CVE-2017-17557 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8