6.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2018-1179

Published: 17/05/2018 Updated: 28/08/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

This vulnerability allows remote malicious users to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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 DataSubBlock structures in GIF 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 data structure. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5490.

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