vulnerability
Foxit Reader: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2018-20316)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 11, 2021 | Apr 7, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 7, 2021
Added
Jan 11, 2021
Modified
Apr 7, 2026
Description
Foxit Reader before 9.5, and PhantomPDF before 8.3.10 and 9.x before 9.5, has a proxyDoAction race condition that can cause a stack-based buffer overflow or an out-of-bounds read, a different issue than CVE-2018-20310 because of a different opcode.
Solution
foxit-reader-upgrade-9_5
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