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CVE-2008-1942

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2008-04-25 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Foxit Software Reader

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References