CVE-2009-0690: Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Foxit JPEG2000/JBIG2 Decoder add-on before 2.0.2009.616 for Foxit Reader 3.0 before Build 1817 does not properly handle a negative value for the stream offset in a JPEG2000 (aka JPX) stream, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

• Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader: version 3.0 only; version 3.0.2009.1301 only
• Foxitsoftware JPEG2000/JBIG2 Decoder Add-On: version 2.0.2009.303 only

Published 2009-06-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.