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Unscored CVE-2018-14295 EUVD-2018-6217GHSA-jgvf-rg2h-x75x

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF Phantom PDF 9.1.5096. …

Published Jul 31, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by zdi

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF Phantom PDF 9.1.5096. 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 PDF documents. When parsing shading patterns, the process does not properly validate user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6223.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Foxit Foxit PhantomPDF Phantom PDF 9.1.5096 —

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