CVE-2018-17679

HIGH

Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF documents. By manipulating a document's elements, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6890.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1180/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 57.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
foxitsoftware/phantompdf < 9.2.0.9297
foxitsoftware/reader < 9.2.0.9297
Published Jan 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026