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Foxit Reader: Data Processing Errors (CVE-2016-4062)

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Foxit Reader: Data Processing Errors (CVE-2016-4062)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/22/2016
Created
02/01/2020
Added
01/24/2020
Modified
01/27/2020

Description

Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows improperly report format errors recursively, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted PDF.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-latest

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