Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=742

We have identified the following memory corruption vulnerability in Foxit PDF Reader (version 1.0.1.0925 for Linux 64-bit), when started with a specially crafted PDF file in the following way:

$ DISPLAY=:1 FoxitReader /path/to/poc/file.pdf

The DISPLAY=:1 environment variable is set due to the fact that we are testing the application with a virtual X server (Xvfb), but the issue should be equally reproducible with the program started with standard display settings, too.

An example excerpt from the crash log is as follows:

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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000000000aab96c in CFX_BaseSegmentedArray::IterateIndex(int, int&, void**, int (*)(void*, void*), void*) const ()
(gdb) where
#0  0x0000000000aab96c in CFX_BaseSegmentedArray::IterateIndex(int, int&, void**, int (*)(void*, void*), void*) const ()
#1  0x0000000000aab9dc in CFX_BaseSegmentedArray::Iterate(int (*)(void*, void*), void*) const ()
#2  0x0000000000ab1a99 in CFX_CMapByteStringToPtr::Lookup(CFX_ByteStringC const&, void*&) const ()
#3  0x00000000007db5df in CPDF_Dictionary::KeyExist(CFX_ByteStringC const&) const ()
#4  0x000000000070e6a6 in CBMTreeCtrl::GotoBookmark(CPDF_Bookmark, CPDF_Bookmark) ()
#5  0x000000000070e6e3 in CBMTreeCtrl::GotoBookmark(CPDF_Bookmark, CPDF_Bookmark) ()
#6  0x000000000070f986 in CBMTreeCtrl::on_ItemExpanded(QTreeWidgetItem*) ()
#7  0x00007ffff63682a6 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#8  0x00007ffff7722612 in QTreeWidget::itemExpanded(QTreeWidgetItem*) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#9  0x00007ffff63682a6 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#10 0x00007ffff76ecc92 in QTreeView::expanded(QModelIndex const&) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#11 0x00007ffff76f8903 in QTreeView::expand(QModelIndex const&) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#12 0x00007ffff7724e44 in QTreeWidget::expandItem(QTreeWidgetItem const*) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#13 0x000000000070a0cb in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree_Proc(CFX_BookMarkPanelToolHandler*, CPDF_Document*, CPDF_Bookmark, QTreeWidgetItem*, int, int) ()
#14 0x000000000070a4c7 in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree_Proc(CFX_BookMarkPanelToolHandler*, CPDF_Document*, CPDF_Bookmark, QTreeWidgetItem*, int, int) ()
#15 0x000000000070a83d in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree_Proc(CFX_BookMarkPanelToolHandler*, CPDF_Document*, CPDF_Bookmark, QTreeWidgetItem*, int, int) ()
#16 0x000000000070a83d in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree_Proc(CFX_BookMarkPanelToolHandler*, CPDF_Document*, CPDF_Bookmark, QTreeWidgetItem*, int, int) ()
#17 0x000000000070beb6 in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree(int) ()
#18 0x000000000051eaff in CChildFrame::GetPanelMgrEx (this=0x1a1c3b0)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/childframe.cpp:91
#19 0x00000000005000c1 in CReader_DocViewEx::InitViewData (this=0x194ce60)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/frd_docviewex.cpp:61
#20 0x000000000048e691 in CPDF_OwnerFileTypeHandler::OpenContinueNormal (this=0x14c5470, pdoc=0x193a720,
    filePath=...) at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/pdfeventhandler.cpp:99
#21 0x000000000048f754 in CPDF_OwnerFileTypeHandler::DoOpen (this=0x14c5470, csFilterName=...,
    wsPathName=...) at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/pdfeventhandler.cpp:216
#22 0x000000000045d038 in CReader_AppEx::OwnerFileTypeHandlerDoOpen (this=0x14a47e0, csFDFFile=...)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/frd_appex.cpp:941
#23 0x000000000043caac in CMainWindow::OpenFile (this=0x14c4240, fileName=...)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/mainwindow.cpp:434
#24 0x0000000000439da9 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe298) at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/main.cpp:301
(gdb) x/10i $rip
=> 0xaab96c <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+94>:
    mov    0x0(%r13,%rbp,8),%rcx
   0xaab971 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+99>:        test   %rcx,%rcx
   0xaab974 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+102>:
    jne    0xaab983 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+117>
   0xaab976 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+104>:       inc    %rbp
   0xaab979 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+107>:       movzbl 0xe(%rbx),%eax
   0xaab97d <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+111>:       cmp    %ebp,%eax
   0xaab97f <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+113>:
    jg     0xaab96c <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+94>
   0xaab981 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+115>:
    jmp    0xaab99f <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+145>
   0xaab983 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+117>:       mov    0xc(%rsp),%esi
   0xaab987 <_ZNK22CFX_BaseSegmentedArray12IterateIndexEiRiPPvPFiS1_S1_ES1_+121>:       mov    %r15,%r9
(gdb) info reg
rax            0x7c     124
rbx            0x1a66130        27681072
rcx            0xe1a704fcae02ca58       -2186773610767398312
rdx            0x7fffffffceec   140737488342764
rsi            0x2f     47
rdi            0x1a66130        27681072
rbp            0x0      0x0
rsp            0x7fffffffce90   0x7fffffffce90
r8             0xab0f92 11210642
r9             0x6a83f4ca       1787032778
r10            0xfd     253
r11            0x0      0
r12            0x7fffffffceec   140737488342764
r13            0xe1a704fcae02ca58       -2186773610767398312
r14            0xab0f92 11210642
r15            0x6a83f4ca       1787032778
rip            0xaab96c 0xaab96c <CFX_BaseSegmentedArray::IterateIndex(int, int&, void**, int (*)(void*, void*), void*) const+94>
eflags         0x10202  [ IF RF ]
cs             0x33     51
ss             0x2b     43
ds             0x0      0
es             0x0      0
fs             0x0      0
gs             0x0      0
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Attached are three proof of concept PDF files.

There is another crash likely related to this issue:

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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000000000ab0f94 in _CMapLookupCallback(void*, void*) ()
(gdb) where
#0  0x0000000000ab0f94 in _CMapLookupCallback(void*, void*) ()
#1  0x0000000000aab8e4 in CFX_BaseSegmentedArray::IterateSegment(unsigned char const*, int, int (*)(void*, void*), void*) const ()
#2  0x0000000000aab9dc in CFX_BaseSegmentedArray::Iterate(int (*)(void*, void*), void*) const ()
#3  0x0000000000ab1a99 in CFX_CMapByteStringToPtr::Lookup(CFX_ByteStringC const&, void*&) const ()
#4  0x00000000007db5df in CPDF_Dictionary::KeyExist(CFX_ByteStringC const&) const ()
#5  0x000000000070e6a6 in CBMTreeCtrl::GotoBookmark(CPDF_Bookmark, CPDF_Bookmark) ()
#6  0x000000000070e6e3 in CBMTreeCtrl::GotoBookmark(CPDF_Bookmark, CPDF_Bookmark) ()
#7  0x000000000070f986 in CBMTreeCtrl::on_ItemExpanded(QTreeWidgetItem*) ()
#8  0x00007ffff63682a6 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#9  0x00007ffff7722612 in QTreeWidget::itemExpanded(QTreeWidgetItem*) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#10 0x00007ffff63682a6 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5
#11 0x00007ffff76ecc92 in QTreeView::expanded(QModelIndex const&) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#12 0x00007ffff76f8903 in QTreeView::expand(QModelIndex const&) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#13 0x00007ffff7724e44 in QTreeWidget::expandItem(QTreeWidgetItem const*) ()
   from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#14 0x000000000070a0cb in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree_Proc(CFX_BookMarkPanelToolHandler*, CPDF_Document*, CPDF_Bookmark, QTreeWidgetItem*, int, int) ()
#15 0x000000000070a4c7 in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree_Proc(CFX_BookMarkPanelToolHandler*, CPDF_Document*, CPDF_Bookmark, QTreeWidgetItem*, int, int) ()
#16 0x000000000070beb6 in CBMTreeView::ReBuildTree(int) ()
#17 0x000000000051eaff in CChildFrame::GetPanelMgrEx (this=0x196cf90)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/childframe.cpp:91
x#18 0x00000000005000c1 in CReader_DocViewEx::InitViewData (this=0x191dce0)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/frd_docviewex.cpp:61
#19 0x000000000048e691 in CPDF_OwnerFileTypeHandler::OpenContinueNormal (this=0x1468c50, pdoc=0x19194b0,
    filePath=...) at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/pdfeventhandler.cpp:99
/#20 0x000000000048f754 in CPDF_OwnerFileTypeHandler::DoOpen (this=0x1468c50, csFilterName=...,
    wsPathName=...) at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/pdfeventhandler.cpp:216
#21 0x000000000045d038 in CReader_AppEx::OwnerFileTypeHandlerDoOpen (this=0x144a920, csFDFFile=...)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/frd_appex.cpp:941
1#22 0x000000000043caac in CMainWindow::OpenFile (this=0x1468760, fileName=...)
    at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/mainwindow.cpp:434
#23 0x0000000000439da9 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe288) at ../../Readerlite/ReaderLite/src/main.cpp:301
(gdb) x/10i $rip
=> 0xab0f94 <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+2>:    cmp    %edi,(%rsi)
   0xab0f96 <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+4>:    jne    0xab0fa1 <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+15>
   0xab0f98 <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+6>:    xor    %eax,%eax
   0xab0f9a <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+8>:    cmpb   $0xfe,0x4(%rsi)
   0xab0f9e <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+12>:   setne  %al
   0xab0fa1 <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+15>:   xor    $0x1,%eax
   0xab0fa4 <_Z19_CMapLookupCallbackPvS_+18>:   retq
   0xab0fa5 <_CompareDWord>:    mov    (%rdi),%eax
   0xab0fa7 <_CompareDWord+2>:  sub    (%rsi),%eax
   0xab0fa9 <_CompareDWord+4>:  retq
(gdb) info reg $rsi
rsi            0x71     113
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Attached are three further files which reproduce the crash (note that MALLOC_CHECK_=3 might be necessary).


Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39944.zip