GHSA-87hq-q4gp-9wr4HighCVSS 7.1

react-pdf vulnerable to arbitrary JavaScript execution upon opening a malicious PDF with PDF.js

Published
May 7, 2024
Last Modified
May 8, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Summary

If PDF.js is used to load a malicious PDF, and PDF.js is configured with isEvalSupported set to true (which is the default value), unrestricted attacker-controlled JavaScript will be executed in the context of the hosting domain.

Patches

This patch forces isEvalSupported to false, removing the attack vector.

Workarounds

Set options.isEvalSupported to false, where options is Document component prop.

References

  • GHSA-wgrm-67xf-hhpq
  • https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/pull/18015
  • https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/commit/85e64b5c16c9aaef738f421733c12911a441cec6
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1893645

🎯 Affected products2

  • npm/react-pdf:< 7.7.3
  • npm/react-pdf:>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.2

🔗 References (8)