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Foxit Reader: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2009-0837)

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Foxit Reader: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2009-0837)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/10/2009
Created
05/31/2023
Added
05/18/2023
Modified
05/18/2023

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) relative path or (2) absolute path in the filename argument in an action, as demonstrated by the "Open/Execute a file" action.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-latest

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