Kofax Power PDF PNG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax 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 handling of PNG 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-22018.
CVE ID: CVE-2024-27335
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vendor: Kofax
Product: Power PDF
EPSS Score: 0.16% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 33.37% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-28 (when was this score calculated)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: total
SSVC Automatable: false