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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2018-07-31T20:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T09:21:41.448Z
Reserved: 2018-07-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-14290
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-07-31T20:29:03.133
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:48:44.353
Link: CVE-2018-14290
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