CVE-2020-8844Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Reader

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
19.7%
top 4.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 14
Latest updateMay 24

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDfoxitsoftware/reader9.7.0.29478
CVEListV5foxit/reader9.6.0.25114
NVDfoxitsoftware/phantompdf9.7.0.29455

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7554-j89c-fh4v: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 92022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-8844: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 92020-02-13

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-8844 webkitgtk: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution2020-03-24
CVE-2020-8844 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase