CVE-2020-26539

9.8 criticalEPSS 2.2%

Critical (9.8) in foxitsoftware. EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. When there is a multiple interpretation error for /V (in the Additional Action and Field dictionaries), a use-after-free can occur with resultant remote code execution (or an information leak).

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-416
Published: 2020-10-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

foxitsoftware:foxit_reader
foxitsoftware:phantompdf

References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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