Denial of service in Foxit PDF Reader for Windows and Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - #VU1031

 

Denial of service in Foxit PDF Reader for Windows and Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - #VU1031

Published: October 19, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1031
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Foxit Software Inc.
Affected software:
Foxit PDF Reader for Windows
Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness is caused by null pointer dereference that lets attackers to trigger application crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

Remediation

Update Foxit Reader to version 8.1.
Update Foxit PhantomPDF to version 8.1.

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