CVE-2018-9951: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. User interaction is required to…

PriorityP353high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

4.84%

91.0th percentile

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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 handling of CPDF_Object objects. 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 context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5414.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxit	foxit_reader	—	—
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	<= 9.0.1.1049	—
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	<= 9.0.1.1049	—
memcached	memcached	>= 0 < 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.2	1.4.14-0ubuntu9.2
memcached	memcached	>= 0 < 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.3	1.4.25-2ubuntu1.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

osv7.5HIGH

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