An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 9.1.0.5096. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15728 An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 9.1.0.5096. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger a previously freed object in memory to be reused, resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

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Updated: 2024-09-17T02:17:13.379Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-3942

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-08T16:29:02.790

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:21.067

Link: CVE-2018-3942

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