What is CVE-2017-5364?

CVE-2017-5364 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Toolkit, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-5364?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5364 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Toolkit

CVE-2017-5364

Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Foxit PDF Toolkit v1.3 allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution when the victim opens the specially crafted PDF file. The Vulnerability has been fixed in v2.0.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.023 (81.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Foxit_pdf_toolkit — versions 1.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5364?: CVE-2017-5364 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Toolkit, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-5364?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5364 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.