CVE-2020-8846

HIGH

Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF - Use-After-Free in Text Field Object Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows remote atackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of text field objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-9400.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-202/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.1639
EPSS Percentile 95.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
foxitsoftware/phantompdf < 9.7.0.29455
foxitsoftware/reader < 9.7.0.29478
Published Feb 14, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026