Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) relative path or (2) absolute path in the filename argument in an action, as demonstrated by the "Open/Execute a file" action.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

75.8% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 20090309 Foxit Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (CORE-2009-0218) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#Stackbased (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1021824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 34035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• foxitreader-pdf-bo(49136) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/foxit-reader-vulnerabilities (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

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:48 UTC.