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CVE-2020-13809

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It allows resource...

7.5 High

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It allows resource consumption via long strings in the content stream.

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

1.57%Up 1.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It allows resource consumption via long strings in the content stream.

Record
CVE-2020-13809
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV: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 9.7.2. It allows resource consumption via long strings in the content stream.

Record
CVE-2020-13809
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-6024 No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It allows resource consumption via long strings in the content stream.

Record
EUVD-2020-6024
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hmqg-gwr5-mp9c No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It allows resource...

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7.2. It allows resource consumption via long strings in the content stream.

Record
GHSA-hmqg-gwr5-mp9c
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-13809 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 1.57%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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