CVE-2018-9981Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Foxit Reader

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 17
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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 parsing of U3D files. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of a pointer prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the curren

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_reader9.0.0.29935
NVDfoxitsoftware/phantompdf9.0.1.1049

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c4px-r9fx-h568: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 92022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-9981: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 92018-05-17
CVE-2018-9981 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer | cvebase