cve/2018/CVE-2018-3940.md

### [CVE-2018-3940](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3940)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Foxit%20PDF%20Reader&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=remote%20code%20execution&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0607

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon