Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096 PDF Document memory corruption

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation as part of PDF Document leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-14290. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation as part of a PDF Document leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. 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 parsing of PDF documents. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6222.

The bug was discovered 07/19/2018. The weakness was shared 07/31/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at foxitsoftware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-14290 since 07/16/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

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• Document Reader Software

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• Foxit

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• Reader

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• 9.0.1.5096

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/

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