CVE-2022-24971

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Last Modified on: 03/01/2022 01:23:00 PM UTC

CVE-2022-24971

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Pdf Editor from Foxit contain the following vulnerability:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.1.0.52543. 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 JPEG2000 images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15812.

CVE-2022-24971 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
Affected Vendor/Software: Foxit - PDF Reader version 11.1.0.52543

CVSS3 Score: 8.8 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	LOW	NONE	REQUIRED
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 6.8 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
Security Bulletins \| Foxit	www.foxit.com text/html	MISC www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
ZDI-22-319 \| Zero Day Initiative	www.zerodayinitiative.com text/html	MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-319/

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Related QID Numbers

376764 Foxit Reader and Foxit PDF Editor Prior to 11.2.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
376802 Foxit PhantomPDF Prior to 10.1.7 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Foxit	Pdf Editor	All	All	All	All
Application	Foxit	Pdf Editor	All	All	All	All
Application	Foxit	Pdf Reader	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Microsoft	Windows	-	All	All	All

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Discovery Credit

Anonymous

Social Mentions

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