What is CVE-2019-20835?

CVE-2019-20835 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2019-20835?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2019-20835

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.5. It has homograph mishandling.

Published 2020-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20835?: CVE-2019-20835 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2019-20835?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.