Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2020 · Assigned by talos
CVE-2020-6116
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Nitro Pro. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 28.4% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in the rendering functionality of Nitro Software, Inc.’s Nitro Pro 13.13.2.242. When drawing the contents of a page using colors from an indexed colorspace, the application can miscalculate the size of a buffer when allocating space for its colors. When using this allocated buffer, the application can write outside its bounds and cause memory corruption which can lead to code execution. A specially crafted document must be loaded by a victim in order to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-680 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1070 x_refsource_MISC