CVE-2018-21240
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.2. It allows memory consumption...
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.2. It allows memory consumption via an ArrayBuffer(0xfffffffe) call.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.2. It allows memory consumption via an ArrayBuffer(0xfffffffe) call.
- Record
CVE-2018-21240- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.2. It allows memory consumption via an ArrayBuffer(0xfffffffe) call.
- Record
CVE-2018-21240- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13756 No score
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.2. It allows memory consumption via an ArrayBuffer(0xfffffffe) call.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13756- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v74x-f396-6xwp No score
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.2. It allows memory consumption...
An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.2. It allows memory consumption via an ArrayBuffer(0xfffffffe) call.
- Record
GHSA-v74x-f396-6xwp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-21240 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, published June 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.