CVE-2024-12551
Published: 11 February 2025
Description
Tungsten Automation Power PDF JP2 File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Tungsten Automation Power PDF. 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 JP2 files. 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 vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25567.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-12551 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the JP2 file parsing component of Tungsten Automation Power PDF. The flaw stems from a lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a read access past the end of an allocated object. This issue enables remote code execution on affected installations and was originally tracked as ZDI-CAN-25567.
Remote attackers can exploit the vulnerability by tricking a target user into visiting a malicious web page or opening a malicious JP2 file, as user interaction is required. No privileges are needed (PR:N), and exploitation has low complexity (AC:L). Successful attacks allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the Power PDF process, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-125.
The Zero Day Initiative published advisory ZDI-24-1677, which provides further details on the vulnerability, available at https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1677/.
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