CVE-2009-0191

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-94 Code Injection

Publication date:

10/03/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Foxit Reader 2.3 before Build 3902 and 3.0 before Build 1506, including 3.0.2009.1301, does not properly handle a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with zero new symbols, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a dereference of an uninitialized memory location.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:2.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:3.0.2009.1301:::::::*

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CVE-2009-0191

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools