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High · 8.8 CVE-2019-5145 EUVD-2019-14750GHSA-6cr6-42wp-f2fm

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit PDF Reader, version 9.7.0.29435. A specially crafted P…

Published Jan 16, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by talos

Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit PDF Reader, version 9.7.0.29435. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. If the browser plugin extension is enabled, visiting a malicious site can also trigger the vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Foxit Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader 9.7.0.29435 —

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