CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-17679
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-01-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- 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
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297. 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 PDF documents. By manipulating a document's elements, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6890.
Affected configurations
• foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 9.2.0.9297)
• foxitsoftware reader (<= 9.2.0.9297)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1180/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1180/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry