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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2018-06-19 | |
| Rule Name: | WEB-APP Foxit Reader BMP biWidth Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2017-17557) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| 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. | |
| Impact: | A buffer overflow vulnerability can be triggered by an attacker in the context of the vulnerable product. Further attacks includes arbitrary code execution and denial of service. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows, Android, Mac OS, iOS, Linux | |
| Reference: | SecurityFocusBID:103999 SecurityTrackerID: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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| Solutions |
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| Upgrade to version 9.1 to solve the vulnerability. |