CVE-2010-20010

high

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/foxit-pdf-reader-title-stack-buffer-overflow

https://www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/version-history.html

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

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

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

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/foxit_title_bof.rb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-20

Updated: 2025-08-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00022