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CVE-2019-20819

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7. It allows stack consumption via nested function calls for XML parsing.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Foxitsoftware — PhantompdfFoxitsoftware — Reader

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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