CVE-2015-2790

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 24.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Foxit Reader, Enterprise Reader, and PhantomPDF before 7.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted (1) Ubyte Size in a DataSubBlock structure or (2) LZWMinimumCodeSize in a GIF image.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Enterprise Reader: through 7.0.6.1126
Foxit Reader: through 7.0.6.1126
Foxit PhantomPDF: through 7.0.6.1126

References

http://protekresearchlab.com/PRL-2015-02/
http://protekresearchlab.com/prl-2015-01prl-foxit-products-gif-conversion-memory-corruption-vulnerabilities-lzwminimumcodesize/
http://securitytracker.com/id/1031878
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36334
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36335
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security_bulletins.php#FRD-23
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security_bulletins.php#FRD-24
http://www.osvdb.org/119302
http://www.osvdb.org/119303
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73430
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031877
http://protekresearchlab.com/PRL-2015-02/

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