CVE-2018-3965 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Foxit PDF Reader and PhantomPDF, affecting versions 9.1.0.5096 and earlier on Windows. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document or visiting a malicious website if the browser plugin is enabled. The CVSS score is 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, with a BleepingComputer article noting a security update addressing 118 vulnerabilities.
| 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 0.2 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.