{"id":"CVE-2019-6729","aliases":["EUVD-2019-16287","GHSA-r8mp-j5jp-6mwg"],"status":"published","title":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations...","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader. 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 processing of PDF 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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