Vulnerability · Published Feb 9, 2021 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2020-17423

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity heap buffer overflow in Studio Photo from Foxit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.9% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)3.9%top 9.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Studio Photo 3.6.6.922. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of ARW files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-11196.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foxit	Studio Photo	3.6.6.922

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1334/ x_refsource_MISC