CVE-2018-17781
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to trigger Uninitialized Object...
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to trigger Uninitialized Object Information Disclosure because creation of ArrayBuffer and DataView objects is mishandled.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to trigger Uninitialized Object Information Disclosure because creation of ArrayBuffer and DataView objects is mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2018-17781- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to trigger Uninitialized Object Information Disclosure because creation of ArrayBuffer and DataView objects is mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2018-17781- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-9528 No score
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to trigger Uninitialized Object Information Disclosure because creation of ArrayBuffer and DataView objects is mishandled.
- Record
EUVD-2018-9528- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6xrr-hxxj-4x7m
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to trigger Uninitialized Object...
Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to trigger Uninitialized Object Information Disclosure because creation of ArrayBuffer and DataView objects is mishandled.
- Record
GHSA-6xrr-hxxj-4x7m- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-17781 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, published September 29, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.44%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.