CVE-2018-14295

HIGH

Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF < 9.1.0.5096 - Remote Code Execution via PDF Shading Pattern Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF Phantom PDF 9.1.5096. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of PDF documents. When parsing shading patterns, the process does not properly validate user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6223.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-755

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.2234
EPSS Percentile 95.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (2)
foxitsoftware/foxit_reader < 9.1.0.5096
foxitsoftware/phantompdf < 9.1.0.5096
Published Jul 31, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026