CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-3940
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-08
- 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])
- 8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 PDF Reader, version 9.1.0.5096. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger.
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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041769 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0607 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041769 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0607 Exploit, Third Party Advisory