This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.6.0.25114. 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 JPEG files within CovertToPDF. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9102.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2020-02-13T22:20:37

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:12:10.993Z

Reserved: 2020-02-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-8844

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-14T18:15:10.027

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:33.140

Link: CVE-2020-8844

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