CVE-2010-20010

Description

Foxit PDF Reader before 4.2.0.0928 does not properly bound-check the /Title entry in the PDF Info dictionary. A specially crafted PDF with an overlong Title string can overflow a fixed-size stack buffer, corrupt the Structured Exception Handler (SEH) chain, and lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the user who opens the file.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-19 | Published 2025-08-20 | Updated 2025-08-20 | Assigner VulnCheck

Problem types

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Product status

Credits

dookie finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15532 exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16621 exploit

raw.githubusercontent.com/...s/fileformat/foxit_title_bof.rb exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15514/ exploit

www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/version-history.html vendor-advisory patch

www.vulncheck.com/...-pdf-reader-title-stack-buffer-overflow third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2010-20010)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2010-20010)

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