Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU12044

Memory corruption in Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) and Foxit PDF Reader for Windows - #VU12044

Published: April 20, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12044

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can use of uninitialized new Uint32Array object or member variables in PrintParams or m_pCurContex objects, trigger memory corruption and gain access to arbitrary data.

Affected software

Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF)
Foxit PDF Reader for Windows

Remediation

Update to version 9.1.

External References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

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