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CVE-2018-17610

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Foxit PhantomPDF and Reader before 9.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) because properties of Annotation objects are mishandled. This relates to one of five distinct types of Annotation objects.

Affected products

• Foxit PhantomPDF: before 9.3 — fixed in 9.3
• Foxit Reader: before 9.3 — fixed in 9.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Foxit PhantomPDF 9.3; Foxit Reader 9.3. 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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