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Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities October 2019

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Foxit Reader and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws exist due to, - An unexpected error or out-of-memory in V8 Engine when executing certain JavaScript. - An error within the processing of fields within Acroform objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. - An error exists within the processing of TIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. - An error exists within the processing of JPG files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. - An error exists within the parsing of JPG files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. - An error exists within the processing of templates in XFA forms. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. - An error when parsing certain file data due to the access of null pointer without proper validation. - The nested calling of functions when parsing XML files. - The dereference of null pointer.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Foxit Reader version 9.6.0.25114 and earlier on Windows.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Foxit Reader 9.7 or later. Please see the references for more information.