CVE-2017-17557

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    CVE-2017-17557

    Published: 24 Apr 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103999, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733, https://blog.0patch.com/2018/05/0patching-foxit-reader-buffer-oops.html, https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High