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Foxit Reader: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2020-12247)

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Foxit Reader: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2020-12247)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/04/2020
Created
09/19/2020
Added
09/18/2020
Modified
09/18/2020

Description

In Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.0.1, and PhantomPDF before 9.7.3, attackers can obtain sensitive information from an out-of-bounds read because a text-string index continues to be used after splitting a string into two parts. A crash may also occur.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-latest

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