CVE-2018-17609 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader versions prior to 9.3, specifically related to the mishandling of certain Annotation object properties. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service without user interaction. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes or Metasploit modules available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are also minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.