CVE-2018-3942: An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 9.1.0.5096. A specially crafted PDF…

PriorityP345high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.16%

86.6th percentile

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 9.1.0.5096. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxit_software	foxit_pdf_reader	—	—
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	<= 9.2.0.9297	—
foxitsoftware	reader	<= 9.2.0.9297	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.08.0HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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