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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2009-0837 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary co…

published 2009-03-10 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0834

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.8%
EPSS 75.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1506, including 1120 and 1301, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) relative path or (2) absolute path in the filename argument in an action, as demonstrated by the "Open/Execute a file" action.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/foxit_reader_launch)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

75.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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