Security update for Foxit Reader

[Jack]

Foxit Software has announced the release of version 4.3.1.0218 of its PDF Reader product, a maintenance update that addresses a "highly critical" security vulnerability. According to Foxit, the patch corrects an issue that could, when opening a specially crafted document, cause an integer overflow error when processing specific ICC profiles, in turn leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. This could be used, for example, by an attacker to compromise a user's system by terminating the application or executing arbitrary code.


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[Jack]

Do any of you guys use Foxit Reader?

 

[LaserWraith]

Nope. I use Acrobat Pro.

 

[bogdan]

I've recently switched to NitroPDF from PDF XChange Viewer (I might switch back though since Nitro is slower when dealing with pdfs containing images). I've used Foxit in the past but I switched to XChange because it had better features (at least at that time, I do not now what the free Foxit offers now).