CVE-2018-20310 describes a critical vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader before version 9.5 and PhantomPDF before versions 8.3.10 and 9.5. This flaw stems from a race condition in the proxyDoAction function, which can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow or an out-of-bounds read. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is remotely exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0, < 9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.