CVE-2008-1104 (GCVE-0-2008-1104)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-21 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492289/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020050 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119747 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1572 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-18/advisory/ x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29288 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/29941 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3899 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTND… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2008-05-20 00:00
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