CVE-2019-13123 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Foxit Reader by triggering uncontrolled recursion in the V8 JavaScript engine, exhausting stack memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-13123?
CVE-2019-13123 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published on 30 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Foxit Reader 9.6.0.25114 and earlier has two unique RecursiveCall bugs involving 3 functions exhausting available stack memory because of Uncontrolled Recursion in the V8 JavaScript engine (issue 1 of 2).
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13123?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13123?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13123 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-13123 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13123 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pjgq-63x6-gp3w.