CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0191

9.3 HIGH Published 2009-03-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-03-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-94

Description

Foxit Reader 2.3 before Build 3902 and 3.0 before Build 1506, including 3.0.2009.1301, does not properly handle a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with zero new symbols, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a dereference of an uninitialized memory location.

Affected configurations

• foxitsoftware foxit reader 2.3 • foxitsoftware foxit reader 3.0 • foxitsoftware foxit reader 3.0.2009.1301

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References