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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2019-20829

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.6. It has a NULL pointer dereference via FXSYS_wcslen in an Epub file.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published