CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1942
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Foxit Reader 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with (1) a malformed ExtGState resource containing a /Font resource, or (2) an XObject resource with a Rotate setting, which triggers memory corruption. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2186.
Affected configurations
• foxit software reader 2.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29934 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28890 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader1.htm Exploit
- http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader2.htm Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1327/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41972 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41973 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29934 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28890 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader1.htm Exploit
- http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader2.htm Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1327/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41972 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41973 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com