{"id":"CVE-2019-13331","aliases":["EUVD-2019-4836","GHSA-w3x4-5r5m-33f5"],"status":"published","title":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of...","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JPG files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. 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