What is CVE-2018-19389?

CVE-2018-19389 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-2018-19389?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

CVE-2018-19389

FoxitReader.exe in Foxit Reader 9.3.0.10826 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Break instruction exception and application crash) via BMP data because of a ConvertToPDF_x86!ConnectedPDF::ConnectedPDFSDK::FCP_SendEmailNotification issue.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-11-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader — versions 9.3.0.10826

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/Yan-1-20/Yan-1-20.github.io/blob/master/2018/11/20/2018/11/2018-11-2… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
yan-1-20.github.io/2018/11/20/2018/11/2018-11-20/ (Broken Link)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153215 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19389?: CVE-2018-19389 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-2018-19389?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.