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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-13815

CVE-2020-13815: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2020-13815 is a vulnerability discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions before 9.7.1. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 4, 2020, affecting PDF reader software products from Foxit Software (Rapid7).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (Resource Exhaustion) issue. It allows stack consumption via a loop of an indirect object reference. The vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) and CVSS 3.0 score of 9.8 (I:H/AV:N/AC:L/S:U/PR:N/A:H/UI:N/C:H) (ManageEngine).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow attackers to cause resource exhaustion through stack consumption, potentially leading to denial of service conditions in affected systems (Rapid7).

Exploitability

The vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires no authentication. The attack vector is network-accessible (ManageEngine).

Mitigation and workarounds

The recommended solution is to upgrade to Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF version 9.7.1 or later to address this vulnerability (Foxit Security Bulletins).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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