What is CVE-2018-17607?

CVE-2018-17607 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-17607?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2018-17607

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 An…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.032 (86.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Phantompdf
Foxitsoftware Reader
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17607?: CVE-2018-17607 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-17607?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.