CVE-2018-3962 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Foxit PDF Reader (version 9.1.0.5096) and PhantomPDF, specifically when accessing the CreationDate property of the this.info object. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) requires user interaction, either by opening a malicious PDF file or visiting a malicious website if the browser plugin is enabled, and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), it has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| 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:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.