What is CVE-2018-19388?

CVE-2018-19388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-19388?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

CVE-2018-19388

FoxitReader.exe in Foxit Reader 9.3.0.10826 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, access violation, and application crash) via TIFF data because of a ConvertToPDF_x86!ReleaseFXURLToHtml issue.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Foxit_reader — versions 9.3.0.10826
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
nvd@nist.gov (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19388?: CVE-2018-19388 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-19388?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.