CVE-2018-9935 — Use After Free in Foxit Reader

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow5 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Foxitsoftware Foxit ReaderFoxitsoftware PhantompdfFoxit Reader
Timeline
PublishedMay 17
Latest updateMay 13

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8.3.2.25013. 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 addField method. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the …

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

▶CVEListV5foxit/foxit_reader8.3.2.25013
▶NVDfoxitsoftware/phantompdf8.0 — 8.3.2.25013+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xf6v-fjfq-2h6c: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-9935: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 8↗2018-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tiff2pdf.c:t2p_write_pdf()↗2018-10-02
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17795 libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tiff2pdf.c:t2p_write_pdf()↗2018-10-02
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