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Foxit Reader: Use After Free (CVE-2018-17609)

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Foxit Reader: Use After Free (CVE-2018-17609)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/28/2018
Created
02/01/2020
Added
01/24/2020
Modified
01/27/2020

Description

Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) because properties of Annotation objects are mishandled. This relates to one of five distinct types of Annotation objects.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-9_3

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