CVE-2020-10896 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Phantompdf

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.8%
top 13.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Foxitsoftware PhantompdfFoxitsoftware ReaderFoxit Phantompdf
Timeline
PublishedApr 22
Latest updateMay 24

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.7.1.29511. 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 U3D objects in PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vul…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDfoxitsoftware/phantompdf9.7.1.29511
▶CVEListV5foxit/phantompdf9.7.1.29511
▶NVDfoxitsoftware/reader9.7.1.29511

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-646c-wq37-8qcr: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-10896: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9↗2020-04-22
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10896 cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys↗2018-07-06
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