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CVE-2018-17679

Foxit / Reader PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297. 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. By manipulating a document's elements, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6890.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Foxit / Readeraffected 9.2.0.9297

CWE

CWE-416

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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