CVE-2018-20316
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 7, 2021 at 05:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorPhantomPDFReader
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
Foxit Reader before 9.5, and PhantomPDF before 8.3.10 and 9.x before 9.5, has a proxyDoAction race condition that can cause a stack-based buffer overflow or an out-of-bounds read, a different issue than CVE-2018-20310 because of a different opcode.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 8.3.109.0 ≤ v < 9.5
Affected range stops below 8.3.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 9.5
Affected range stops below 9.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-362CWE-787
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