{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com", "ID": "CVE-2018-17679", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Reader", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "9.2.0.9297" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "Foxit" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.2.0.9297. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PDF documents. By manipulating a document's elements, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-6890." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-416: Use After Free" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php" }, { "name": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1180/", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1180/" } ] } }