CVE-2018-17701: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.2.0.9297. User interaction is required…

high8.8CVSS 3.0

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This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.2.0.9297. 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 JSON objects. 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 vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-7132.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxit	phantompdf	—	—
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	<= 9.2.0.9297	—
foxitsoftware	reader	<= 9.2.0.9297	—