Kofax Power PDF OXPS File Parser stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Kofax Power PDF. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component OXPS File Parser. The manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-51566. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Kofax Power PDF (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component OXPS 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 OXPS 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 OXPS 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-21980.

The weakness was released 01/05/2024. The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-51566 since 12/20/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2025).

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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• Kofax

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• Power PDF

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• commercial

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