Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096

CVE-2018-14290 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF documents. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6222.

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