Input validation error in Foxit PDF Reader for Windows and Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - CVE-2019-5005
Published: January 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16791
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5005
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the application writes a 2-byte data to the end of the allocated memory without judging whether it will cause corruption when handling certain images. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Foxit PDF Reader for Windows
Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF)
Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF)
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5005
Update to version 9.4.
Foxit PDF Reader for Windows - update to 9.4
Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - update to 9.4
Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - update to 9.4