CVE-2018-20247 Denial of service in Foxit Quick PDF Library
Attackers can cause a stack overflow and crash applications by loading malicious PDFs with recursive page trees using Foxit Quick PDF Library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-20247?
CVE-2018-20247 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Foxit Quick PDF Library, published on 24 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Foxit Quick PDF Library (all versions prior to 16.12), issue where loading a malformed or malicious PDF containing a recursive page tree structure using the LoadFromFile, LoadFromString or LoadFromStream functions results in a stack overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20247?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Foxitsoftware Quick Pdf Library.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20247?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20247 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-20247 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20247 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Foxit Quick PDF Library
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg32-2wp3-5f7j.