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CVE-2019-5006

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.4 on Windows. It is a NULL pointer dereference during PDF parsing.

Affected products

• Foxit Reader: before 9.4 — fixed in 9.4
• Foxit PhantomPDF: before 9.4 — fixed in 9.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Foxit Reader 9.4; Foxit PhantomPDF 9.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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