CVE-2019-5005 json
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.4 on Windows.
published 2019-01-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-14612
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.4 on Windows. They allowed Denial of Service (application crash) via image data, because two bytes are written to the end of the allocated memory without judging whether this will cause corruption.
Patch / fix
- foxitsoftware foxit_reader 9.4
- foxitsoftware phantompdf 9.4
Exploit prediction
1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
-
foxitsoftware.com
/support/security-bulletins.php
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-5005
- NVD CVE-2019-5005
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