CVE-2021-38568

CRITICAL

Published Aug 11, 20214y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

9.8 CVSS 3.1

Critical

Published Aug 11, 2021 4y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows memory corruption during conversion of a PDF document to a different document format.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.8

Exploitability

3.9

Impact

5.9

Vector string

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	*	<10.1.4
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	*	<10.1.4

References 1

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

PatchVendor Advisory

Remediation

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

PatchVendor Advisory