CVE-2019-5005 Memory corruption in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via crafted image data in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF due to memory corruption.
- 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-2019-5005?
CVE-2019-5005 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published on 3 Jan 2019. 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
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.4 on Windows. They allowed Denial of Service (application crash) via image data, because two bytes are written to the end of the allocated memory without judging whether this will cause corruption.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5005?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, Foxitsoftware Phantompdf.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-5005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pw67-f78v-48j2.