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CVE-2020-26534

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. There is an Opt object use...

9.8 Critical

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. There is an Opt object use-after-free related to Field::ClearItems and Field::DeleteOptions, during AcroForm JavaScript execution.

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.39%Up 1.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. There is an Opt object use-after-free related to Field::ClearItems and Field::DeleteOptions, during AcroForm JavaScript execution.

Record
CVE-2020-26534
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. There is an Opt object use-after-free related to Field::ClearItems and Field::DeleteOptions, during AcroForm JavaScript execution.

Record
CVE-2020-26534
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-19079 No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. There is an Opt object use-after-free related to Field::ClearItems and Field::DeleteOptions, during AcroForm JavaScript execution.

Record
EUVD-2020-19079
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w8pv-fqp3-jvx4 No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. There is an Opt object use...

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. There is an Opt object use-after-free related to Field::ClearItems and Field::DeleteOptions, during AcroForm JavaScript execution.

Record
GHSA-w8pv-fqp3-jvx4
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2020-26534 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published October 2, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.39%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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