CVE-2017-10943Out-of-bounds Read in Reader

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 31
Latest updateMay 13

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8.3.0.14878. 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 parsing of PDF files. 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 con

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5foxit/foxit_reader8.3.0.14878

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2x43-2jxv-g4v9: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 82022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2017-10943: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 82017-10-31
CVE-2017-10943 — Out-of-bounds Read in Foxit Reader | cvebase