CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-28203

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 15, 2020 | Modified: Dec 16, 2020
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF 10.1.0.37527 and earlier. There is a null pointer access/dereference while opening a crafted PDF file, leading the application to crash (denial of service).

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Foxit_reader Foxitsoftware * 10.1.0.37527 (excluding)
Phantompdf Foxitsoftware * 10.1.0.37527 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References