CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-13806

Use After Free

Published: Jun 04, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It has a use-after-free because of JavaScript execution after a deletion or close operation.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PhantompdfFoxitsoftware*9.7.2 (excluding)
ReaderFoxitsoftware*9.7.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References