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Foxit Reader PDF File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Foxit Reader and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The is flaw is due to a boundary error in the Foxit Reader plugin for browsers (npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll) when processing a URL and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long file name in the URL.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Foxit Reader version 5.4.4.1128 and prior
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Foxit Reader version 5.4.5 or later.