A vulnerability was found in Foxit Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CovertToPDF. The manipulation as part of a JPEG File leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 02/14/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at foxitsoftware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-8844 since 02/11/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.6.0.25114 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-93200, VDB-93201, VDB-93202 and VDB-93203 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Foxit

Name

• Reader

Version

• 2.0
• 2.2
• 2.2.0.0616
• 2.3
• 2.4.4
• 3
• 3.0
• 3.0.2009.1301
• 3.04
• 3.1
• 3.1.0.0111
• 3.1.0.0824
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.1.0901
• 3.1.1.0928
• 3.1.2.1013
• 3.1.2.1030
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.3.1030
• 3.1.4
• 3.2
• 3.2.0.0303
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.1.0401
• 3.3
• 3.3.1
• 4
• 4.0
• 4.0.0.0619
• 4.1
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.1.0805
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.1.0218
• 5.0
• 5.0.2
• 5.1.0.1021
• 5.1.3
• 5.1.4.0104
• 5.3
• 5.3.1.0606
• 5.4
• 5.4.0.1031
• 5.4.3.0920
• 5.4.4.1128
• 5.4.5
• 6.1
• 6.1.4
• 7.0.8
• 7.1
• 7.1.3.320
• 7.1.5
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.3.4
• 7.3.4.311
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.2.1
• 8.2.1.6871
• 8.3.0.14878
• 8.3.1
• 8.3.1.21155
• 8.3.2.25013
• 9.0.0.29935
• 9.0.1.1049
• 9.0.1.5096
• 9.1
• 9.1.0.5096
• 9.1.5096
• 9.2
• 9.2.0.9297
• 9.3
• 9.3.0.10809
• 9.3.0.10826
• 9.3.10826
• 9.4.0.16811
• 9.4.1.16828
• 9.4.16811
• 9.5
• 9.5.0.20723
• 9.5.0.20733
• 9.6

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• free

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