{"id":"CVE-2018-10495","aliases":["EUVD-2018-2567","GHSA-j8cp-grg7-wc8r"],"status":"published","title":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations...","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5586.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0259,"percentile":0.85394,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-704","CWE-843"],"published":"2018-05-17T15:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:34:03Z","products":[{"vendor":"foxit","product":"foxit reader"},{"vendor":"foxitsoftware","product":"foxit_reader"},{"vendor":"foxitsoftware","product":"phantompdf"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-405","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10495"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8cp-grg7-wc8r"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-10495","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5586.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-17T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T07:39:07.717Z","cwes":["CWE-843"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:01.619448Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-2567","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5586.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-17T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T07:39:07Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:58.53784Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-j8cp-grg7-wc8r","title":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations...","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5586.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:35:02Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:08:48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-704"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:50:51.621418Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-10495","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. 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. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5586.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-17T15:29:01.38Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:34:03.533Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-843","CWE-704"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:27.507872Z"}]}}