Resource exhaustion in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2020-13809

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It allows resource consumption via long strings in the content stream.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.7% 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-2020-13809: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13809?
CVE-2020-13809 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-2020-13809?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.