Input validation error in Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - CVE-2019-14215

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Input validation error in Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - CVE-2019-14215

Published: July 25, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19367
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14215
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Foxit Software Inc.
Affected software:
Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when calling "xfa.event.rest" XFA JavaScript. A remote attacker can crash the application due to access a wild pointer.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-14215

Install updates from vendor's website.

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