Out-of-bounds Read in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

CVE-2019-5007

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.4 on Windows. It is an Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure and crash due to a NULL pointer dereference when reading TIFF data during TIFF parsing.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5007?
CVE-2019-5007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-5007?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-5007 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.