Use After Free in Foxit Phantompdf

CVE-2019-17143

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. 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 parsing of DWG files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9273.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.039 (89.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-17143: held from 0.039 to 0.039.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17143?
CVE-2019-17143 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxit Phantompdf, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-17143?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.