CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-3850
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 Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader version 9.0.1.1049. 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 a browser plugin extension is enabled, visiting a malicious site can also trigger the vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• foxit pdf reader 9.0.1.1049
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103942 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0532 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103942 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040733 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0532 Third Party Advisory