CVE-2017-17557: 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…

PriorityP349high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.64%

88.4th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	< 9.1	9.1
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	< 9.1	9.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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