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CVE-2018-21236

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 2.4.4. It has a NULL pointer dereference.

7.5 High

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 2.4.4. It has a NULL pointer dereference.

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
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.04%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 2.4.4. It has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2018-21236
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 2.4.4. It has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2018-21236
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13752 No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 2.4.4. It has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
EUVD-2018-13752
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwxf-3gw7-5c7f No score

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 2.4.4. It has a NULL pointer dereference.

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader before 2.4.4. It has a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
GHSA-vwxf-3gw7-5c7f
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-21236 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Foxitsoftware Reader, published June 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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