CVE-2018-14295
high-risk
Published 2018-07-31
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.
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22.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 78% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
Third Party Advisory
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-755
Third Party Advisory
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-755
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
14/34 · Moderate
Exposure
7/34 · Low