CVE-2018-20248 describes an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in Foxit Quick PDF Library versions prior to 16.12. This critical flaw allows an attacker to trigger an access violation by loading a specially crafted, malformed PDF file. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:quick_pdf_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.