{"id":"CVE-2021-31465","aliases":["EUVD-2021-18365","GHSA-p5hf-pcwx-2j8m"],"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 10.1.3.37598. 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 handling of U3D objects in PDF files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. 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