CVE-2017-5556 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader before version 8.2 and PhantomPDF before version 8.2 on Windows. It stems from an out-of-bounds read in the ConvertToPDF plugin when processing a crafted JPEG image, leading to an application crash. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact (information disclosure) and high availability impact. While it could be chained with other vulnerabilities for code execution, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1.4.1208CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:8.1.4.1208:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.1.1115CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:8.1.1.1115:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.