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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2019-20828

Medium
5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.6. It has a buffer overflow because a looping correction does not occur after JavaScript updates Field APs.

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  • NETWORK
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CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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