CVE-2018-17609
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) because properties of Annotation objects are mishandled. This relates to one of five distinct types of Annotation objects.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.18% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-09-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| foxitsoftware | phantompdf |
| foxitsoftware | reader |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD