CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-7264

Activepdf Toolkit vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
12.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The Pictview image processing library embedded in the ActivePDF toolkit through 2018.1.0.18321 is prone to multiple out of bounds write and sign errors, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable applications using the ActivePDF Toolkit to process untrusted images.
Affected vendor
Activepdf
Affected product
Activepdf Toolkit
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-02-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-7264

  • Confirm whether Activepdf Activepdf Toolkit is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-7264.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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