CVE-2018-3850 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published High CVE-2018-3850

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine Foxit...

Vulnerability Description

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader version 9.0.1.1049. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. If a browser plugin extension is enabled, visiting a malicious site can also trigger the vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2018-3850

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from Talos

View All →
CVE-2019-5067
An uninitialized memory access vulnerability exists in the way Aspose.PDF...
Critical 9.8
CVE-2019-5066
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way LZW-compressed streams...
Critical 9.8
CVE-2019-5042
An exploitable Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the way FunctionType 0...
High 8.8
CVE-2019-5017
An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the KCodes NetUSB.ko...
Medium 5.8
CVE-2019-5016
An exploitable arbitrary memory read vulnerability exists in the KCodes...
Critical 10

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Foxit
Vulnerable Versions:
Foxit PDF Reader 9.0.1.1049.

Timeline

Official Publish: April 23rd, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.