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Foxit Reader: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2016-3740)

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Foxit Reader: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2016-3740)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/04/2017
Created
02/01/2020
Added
01/24/2020
Modified
01/27/2020

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf_x86.dll in Foxit Reader 7.3.4.311 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large SamplesPerPixel value in a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled during PDF conversion. This is fixed in 8.0.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-latest

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