Security Advisory

CVE-2019-5130

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-01-16 22:00:31
Last updated 2024-08-04 19:47:56
Assigner talos
State PUBLISHED

Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Softwares Foxit PDF Reader version 9.7.0.29435. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. If the browser plugin extension is enabled, visiting a malicious site can also trigger the vulnerability.