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Foxit Reader: Use After Free (CVE-2020-26539)

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Foxit Reader: Use After Free (CVE-2020-26539)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/02/2020
Created
10/07/2020
Added
10/06/2020
Modified
10/06/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. When there is a multiple interpretation error for /V (in the Additional Action and Field dictionaries), a use-after-free can occur with resultant remote code execution (or an information leak).

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-10_1

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