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CVE-2015-2790 json

Foxit Reader, Enterprise Reader, and PhantomPDF before 7.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-2879

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.5%
EPSS 24.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-36335)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

24.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-36335 Foxit Products GIF Conversion - 'DataSubBlock' Memory Corruption dos, 2015-03-11
  • EDB-36334 Foxit Products GIF Conversion - 'LZWMinimumCodeSize' Memory Corruption dos, 2015-03-11
  • protekresearchlab.com http://protekresearchlab.com/prl-2015-01prl-foxit-products-gif-conversion-memory-corruption-vulnerabilities-lzwminimumcodesize/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • protekresearchlab.com http://protekresearchlab.com/PRL-2015-02/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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