In Foxit Quick PDF Library (all versions prior to 16.12), issue where loading a malformed or malicious PDF containing a recursive page tree…

published 2018-12-24 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-12810

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 54.5%; EPSS 54.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Foxit Quick PDF Library (all versions prior to 16.12), issue where loading a malformed or malicious PDF containing a recursive page tree structure using the LoadFromFile, LoadFromString or LoadFromStream functions results in a stack overflow.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

foxitsoftware quick_pdf_library 16.12

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Exploit prediction

54.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Foxit Quick PDF Library

Classification

Weakness

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

foxitsoftware.com /support/security-bulletins.php
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/106306
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-20247
NVD CVE-2018-20247

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