Kofax Power PDF PDF File Parser heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Kofax Power PDF. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component PDF File Parser. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-27340. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Kofax Power PDF (version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component PDF File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kofax Power PDF PDF File Parsing Heap-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 PDF 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 heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22926.

The weakness was shared 03/02/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-27340 since 02/23/2024. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (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.

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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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