CVE-2018-17679 — Use After Free in Reader
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 42.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-fxp3-2x7h-7vx9: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9↗2022-05-13
CVEList▶
CVE-2018-17679: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9↗2019-01-24