This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8.3.0.14878. 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 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 object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-4738.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2017-10-31T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:50:12.853Z

Reserved: 2017-07-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-10943

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-31T19:29:00.320

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:21:49.823

Link: CVE-2017-10943

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