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-21602.
History

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kofax
Kofax power Pdf
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kofax:power_pdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kofax
Kofax power Pdf
Metrics ssvc

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2024-05-03T02:12:25.233Z

Updated: 2024-09-18T18:30:02.871Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T21:13:00.542Z

Link: CVE-2023-42038

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:16:49.558Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-03T03:15:36.913

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:22:08.497

Link: CVE-2023-42038

cve-icon Redhat

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