CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-0690

9.3 HIGH Published 2009-06-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2009-06-23
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-189

Description

The Foxit JPEG2000/JBIG2 Decoder add-on before 2.0.2009.616 for Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1817 does not properly handle a negative value for the stream offset in a JPEG2000 (aka JPX) stream, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected configurations

• foxitsoftware foxit reader 3.0 • foxitsoftware foxit reader 3.0.2009.1301 • foxitsoftware jpeg2000\/jbig2 decoder add-on 2.0.2009.303

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-189

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
CWE-823 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset weakness

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35512 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022425 securitytracker.com
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#0602 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251793 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35442 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1640 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35512 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022425 securitytracker.com
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#0602 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251793 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35442 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1640 Patch, Vendor Advisory