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CVE-2018-14442

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Foxit Reader before 9.2 and PhantomPDF before 9.2 have a Use-After-Free that leads to Remote Code Execution, aka V-88f4smlocs.

Affected products

• Foxit Reader: before 9.2 — fixed in 9.2
• Foxit PhantomPDF: before 9.2 — fixed in 9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Foxit Reader 9.2; Foxit PhantomPDF 9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

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