CVE-2018-14295
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF Phantom PDF 9.1.5096.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF Phantom PDF 9.1.5096. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of PDF documents. When parsing shading patterns, the process does not properly validate user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6223.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 8.78% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- foxitsoftware/foxit reader · foxitsoftware/phantompdf
- Source
- zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
EPSS moved from 2.5% on 21 September 2026 to 8.8% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 8.9% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-755Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-755Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.