CVE-2008-1942

Published Apr 25, 2008

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.8
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:foxit_software:reader:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9A6E2B5C-81D4-4E34-8634-7A50DA93A822"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References