CVE-2018-20248 is a vulnerability in Foxit Software Quick Pdf Library
Published on December 24, 2018
In Foxit Quick PDF Library (all versions prior to 16.12), issue where loading a malformed or malicious PDF containing invalid xref table pointers or invalid xref table data using the LoadFromFile, LoadFromString, LoadFromStream, DAOpenFile or DAOpenFileReadOnly functions may result in an access violation caused by out of bounds memory access.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2018-20248 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-20248
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Exploit Probability
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