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zdiKe Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu LABZDI-18-195
HistoryFeb 27, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Windows PDF Library JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

2018-02-2700:00:00
Ke Liu of Tencent's Xuanwu LAB
www.zerodayinitiative.com
10

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

72.6%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows PDF Library. 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 parsing of JPEG2000 images in PDF documents. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.