01 Record

CVE-2018-3956

An exploitable out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the handling of certain XFA element attributes of Foxit Software's PDF Reader version 9.1.0.5096. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: talos

CNA base score6.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 46.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2019-01-30 22:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 23:16Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-01-02

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

873749fa944a04685fe3d9772ed6b705ae24167b30e10dc9e63fc78b6b00fae2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

FoxitFoxitFoxit Software PDF Reader 9.1.0.5096.—

06 References

www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0626x_refsource_MISC