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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.11%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.11% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
foxitsoftware/phantompdf · foxitsoftware/reader
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.