CVE-2019-14207 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Foxit PhantomPDF by triggering an endless loop via a crafted document.
- 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-2019-14207?
CVE-2019-14207 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, published on 21 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Foxit PhantomPDF before 8.3.11. The application could crash when calling the clone function due to an endless loop resulting from confusing relationships between a child and parent object (caused by an append error).
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14207?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Foxitsoftware Phantompdf.
How do I fix CVE-2019-14207?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14207 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-2019-14207 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14207 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j952-jr74-chg8.