CVE-2008-1104

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader before 2.3 build 2912 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to the util.printf JavaScript function and floating point specifiers in format strings.

Affected products

Foxit Reader: through 2.3; 2.0, 2.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29941
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-18/advisory/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3899
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119747
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492289/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29288
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020050
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1572
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42531
http://secunia.com/advisories/29941
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-18/advisory/

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