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CVE-2021-38569

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows stack consumption via recursive function

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00018
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion
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Affected Products & Versions

2
foxitsoftware foxit reader< 10.1.4
foxitsoftware phantompdf< 10.1.4
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 Aug 2021 · 10:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpVendor Advisory
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