CVE-2019-20814 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause excessive memory consumption in Foxit PhantomPDF by crafting a specific PDF file, leading to a denial of service.
- 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-2019-20814?
CVE-2019-20814 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, published on 4 Jun 2020. 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 8.3.12. It allows memory consumption because data is created for each page of an application level.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20814?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Foxitsoftware Phantompdf.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20814?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20814 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-2019-20814 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20814 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3829-wxq6-hmw8.