Foxit Reader 9.1.5096 PDF Document integer overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in Foxit Reader 9.1.5096 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation as part of PDF Document causes integer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-14295. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Foxit Reader 9.1.5096 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a PDF Document leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 07/19/2018. The weakness was shared 07/31/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at foxitsoftware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-14295 since 07/16/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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.

The entries VDB-82783, VDB-82784, VDB-82785 and VDB-82786 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Foxit

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• Reader

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• 9.1.5096

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• free

Website

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

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