Foxit Reader Plugin For Browsers URL Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been identified in Foxit Reader, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the Foxit Reader plugin for browsers (npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll) when processing a URL and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via e.g. an overly long file name in the URL.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.