Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Foxit Reader and Foxit PhantomPDF

CVE-2017-17557 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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