Resource exhaustion in Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - CVE-2019-14207

Vulnerability identifier: #VU19378

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14207

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to an endless loop resulting from confusing relationships between a child and parent object when calling the clone function. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Foxit PDF Editor (formerly Foxit PhantomPDF) - update to 8.3.11

• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

• Resource exhaustion in Foxit PhantomPDF