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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17557

The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the biSize member, which can result in a heap based buffer overflow.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 3.57%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.57% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
foxitsoftware/foxit reader · foxitsoftware/phantompdf
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.