CVE-2024-12551
Published: 11 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-12551 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Tungstenautomation Power Pdf. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 48.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
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/.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-50951
Vulnerability details
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…
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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.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Out-of-bounds read in JP2 parsing enables RCE when user opens malicious file or visits malicious page (drive-by).
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Mitigating Controls
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Requires identification, reporting, and correction of the specific out-of-bounds read flaw in JP2 parsing via timely patching.
Mandates validation of user-supplied data in JP2 files to prevent reads past allocated object boundaries.
Implements memory safeguards like DEP and ASLR to mitigate exploitation of the out-of-bounds read to arbitrary code execution.