What is CVE-2018-19444?

CVE-2018-19444 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-19444?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-19444 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex

CVE-2018-19444

A use after free in the TextBox field Validate action in IReader_ContentProvider can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution. Relative to CVE-2018-19452, this has a different free location and requires different JavaScript code for exploitation.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.024 (82.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19444?: CVE-2018-19444 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-19444?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-19444 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.