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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxit_software:reader:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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