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A vulnerability has been found in Kofax Power PDF and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component TIFF File Parser. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-27337. The attack can be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Kofax Power PDF (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component TIFF File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Kofax Power PDF TIF File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax Power PDF. 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 parsing of TIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22033.

The weakness was released 03/05/2024. The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-27337 since 02/23/2024. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/03/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Kofax

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• Power PDF

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• commercial

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