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CVE-2008-1942

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Foxit Reader 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with (1) a malformed ExtGState resource containing a /Font resource, or (2) an XObject resource with a Rotate setting, which triggers memory corruption. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2186.

Affected products

• Foxit Software Reader: 2.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29934
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28890
• http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader1.htm
• http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader2.htm
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1327/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41972
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41973
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29934
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28890
• http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader1.htm
• http://www.vallejo.cc/proyectos/foxitreader2.htm
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1327/references

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