What is CVE-2020-12248?

CVE-2020-12248 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-12248?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-12248 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2020-12248

In Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.0.1, and PhantomPDF before 9.7.3, attackers can execute arbitrary code via a heap-based buffer overflow because dirty image-resource data is mishandled.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

404notf0und/CVE-Flow

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12248?: CVE-2020-12248 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-12248?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12248 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.