Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2020 · Assigned by zdi
CVE-2020-8844
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity integer overflow in Reader from Foxit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 23.7% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-200/ x_refsource_MISC