CVE-2018-17679Use After Free in Reader

CWE-416Use After Free3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 42.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 24
Latest updateMay 13

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 conte

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDfoxitsoftware/reader9.2.0.9297
CVEListV5foxit/reader9.2.0.9297
NVDfoxitsoftware/phantompdf9.2.0.9297

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-fxp3-2x7h-7vx9: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 92022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-17679: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 92019-01-24
CVE-2018-17679 — Use After Free in Foxitsoftware Reader | cvebase