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.

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)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Phantompdf
Foxitsoftware Reader
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

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.