KLA10853
Multiple vulnerabilities in Foxit Reader

Updated: 06/03/2020
Detect date
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08/08/2016
Severity
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Critical
Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Foxit Reader. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities

  1. Out-of-bounds access can be exploited remotely via a specially designed TIFF to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information;
  2. Use-after-free vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed FlateDecode Streams to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information;
  3. Out-of-bounds access can be exploited remotely via a specially designed JPEG2000 to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information;
  4. Memory corruption vulnerability an be exploited remotely via a specially designed JPEG2000 to execute arbitrary code;
  5. An unknown vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a DLL hijack to execute arbitrary code;
  6. Out-of-bounds access can be exploited remotely via a specially designed PDF to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information;
  7. Out-of-bounds read vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed BMP to obtain sensitive information;
  8. An unknown vulnerability can be exploited to cause denial of service.
Affected products

Foxit Reader for Windows versions earlier than 8.0.2
Foxit Reader for OS X and Linux versions earlier than 2.1
Foxit PhantomPDF versions earlier than 8.0.2

Solution

Update to the latest version
Foxit download page

Original advisories

Foxit security bulletins

Related products
Foxit Reader
Foxit Phantom PDF
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