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 fxhtml2pdf. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory access past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6230.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2018-10-29T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:54:10.756Z

Reserved: 2018-09-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-17706

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-29T21:29:01.693

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:36:56.427

Link: CVE-2018-17706

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