PT-2018-14080 · Foxit · Foxit Reader+1

Published 2018-09-28 · Updated 2018-11-14 · CVE-2018-17608

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader versions prior to 9.3

Description The issue arises from the mishandling of properties of Annotation objects, leading to potential remote code execution or denial of service due to use-after-free errors. This specifically relates to one of five distinct types of Annotation objects.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.3, update to version 9.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17608

Affected Products

Foxit Phantompdf

Foxit Reader

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17608 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17608 · Vendor Advisory
• https://foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php · Vendor Advisory