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CVE-2021-38569

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows stack consumption via recursive function calls during the handling of XFA forms or link objects.

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 — Foxit ReaderFoxitsoftware — Phantompdf

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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