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)…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 29934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• foxitreader-extgstate-code-execution(41973) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• foxitreader-pdf-xobject-code-execution(41972) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader2.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader1.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-1942](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-1942.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-1942)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:41 UTC.