Foxit Reader Firefox Plugin Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
16 Oct 2009
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RISK: Medium Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in Foxit Reader, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Foxit Reader plugin for Firefox (npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll). This can be exploited to trigger a memory corruption by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page which repeatedly loads and unloads the plugin. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Foxit Reader version 3.1.2.1013 for Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Solutions
There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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