CVE-2018-3940

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.

CVSS v3.1

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0

8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 81th percentile

Published

2018-10-08

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0607

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-3939
• CVE-2018-3941
• CVE-2018-3937
• CVE-2018-3942
• CVE-2018-3934
• CVE-2018-3945