CVE-2018-16296 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions prior to 9.3. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document, or by visiting a malicious website if the browser plugin is enabled. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.2.0.9297CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 9.2.0.9297CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.