CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-3959
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's Foxit PDF Reader version 9.1.0.5096. A use-after-free condition can occur when accessing the Author property of the this.info object. 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
• foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 9.2.0.9297)
• foxitsoftware reader (<= 9.2.0.9297)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0628 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory, Patch
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0628 Third Party Advisory