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CVE-2008-1942

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1942 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Foxit Reader 2.2, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. This flaw is triggered by specially crafted PDF files containing malformed ExtGState or XObject resources, causing memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious PDF) for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foxit_software:reader:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0408 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29934
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41972
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41973
securityfocus.com / bid/28890
vallejo.cc / proyectos/foxitreader1.htm
Exploit
vallejo.cc / proyectos/foxitreader2.htm
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1327/references