First published: Fri Oct 02 2020(Updated: )
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. In a certain Shading calculation, the number of outputs is unequal to the number of color components in a color space. This causes an out-of-bounds write.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader | <10.1 | |
Foxitsoftware Phantompdf | <10.1 |
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The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2020-26537.
CVE-2020-26537 has a severity rating of 9.8, which is classified as critical.
Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions before 10.1 are affected by CVE-2020-26537.
CVE-2020-26537 allows an attacker to perform an out-of-bounds write, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
More information about CVE-2020-26537 can be found at the following link: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html