High severity · published Jun 7, 2019
CVE-2018-19452
A use after free in the TextBox field Mouse Enter action in IReader_ContentProvider can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031
7.8
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use after free in the TextBox field Mouse Enter 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-2018-19444, this has a different free location and requires different JavaScript code for exploitation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FP
Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex · Foxitsoftware
through 5.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19452
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19452
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108692
Patch
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
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