CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14458
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's Foxit PDF Reader version 8.3.2.25013. 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. If the browser plugin extension is enabled, visiting a malicious site can also trigger the vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• foxit pdf reader 8.3.2.25013
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103942 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0506 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103942 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0506 Exploit, Third Party Advisory