Check Point Advisories

Foxit Multiple Products PNG To PDF Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-1129
Date Published:	6 Oct 2015
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 12 October, 2015
Source:	Foxit
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Foxit Software Enterprise Reader 7.1.5.425 and prior Foxit Software Foxit Reader 7.1.5.425 and prior Foxit Software PhantomPDF 7.1.5.425 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Foxit Reader. The vulnerability exists in ConvertToPDF_x86.dll and is due to improper bound checking on tEXt chunks when converting a PNG file to a PDF file. A remote unauthenticated attacker can leverage this to overflow a heap buffer.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Foxit Multiple Products PNG To PDF Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Foxit Multiple Products PNG To PDF Conversion Heap Buffer Overflow