What is CVE-2018-21238?

CVE-2018-21238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-21238?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2018-21238

An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.7. It allows memory consumption via an ArrayBuffer(0xfffffffe) call.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Phantompdf
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21238?: CVE-2018-21238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-21238?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.