Technical Description

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Foxit Reader JPEG2000/JBIG Decoder Add-on, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by memory corruption errors in the handling of JPX (JPEG2000) streams, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file.

Affected Products

Foxit Reader JPEG2000/JBIG2 Decoder add-on versions prior to 2.0 Build 2009.616

Solution

Upgrade to Foxit Reader JPEG2000/JBIG2 Decoder add-on version 2.0.2009.616 :
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/addons/jpg_decoder2.0.20096.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1640
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm#0602
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/251793

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Will Dormann (CERT/CC).

ChangeLog

2009-06-22 : Initial release

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