CVE-2018-19452

HIGH

Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Pro 5.4.0.1031 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A use after free in the TextBox field Mouse Enter action in IReader_ContentProvider can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution. Relative to CVE-2018-19444, this has a different free location and requires different JavaScript code for exploitation.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108692

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 55.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (1)
foxitsoftware/foxit_pdf_sdk_activex < 5.5.0
Published Jun 07, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026