Foxit Studio Photo 3.6.6.916 tif File stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Foxit Studio Photo 3.6.6.916. Affected is an unknown function of the component tif File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-8869. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Foxit Studio Photo 3.6.6.916. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component tif File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Studio Photo 3.6.6.916. 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 handling of TIF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9881.

The weakness was released 08/20/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at foxitsoftware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-8869 since 02/11/2020. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93200, VDB-93201, VDB-93202 and VDB-93203. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Foxit

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• Studio Photo

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• 3.6.6.916

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/

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