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Foxit Reader: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') (CVE-2018-20309)

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Foxit Reader: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') (CVE-2018-20309)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/07/2021
Created
01/11/2021
Added
01/11/2021
Modified
04/26/2021

Description

Foxit Reader before 9.5, and PhantomPDF before 8.3.10 and 9.x before 9.5, has a proxyGetAppEdition race condition that can cause a stack-based buffer overflow or an out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-9_5

References

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