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

published April 24, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
4%
Percentile
89.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03533 · 89.2th percentile
Published
2018-04-24T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 20:00Z
    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
    cvelistv5