fkie_cve-2025-66493
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-12-19 07:16
Modified
2025-12-23 17:36
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the AcroForm handling of Foxit PDF Reader and Foxit PDF Editor before 2025.2.1,14.0.1 and 13.2.1 on Windows . When opening a PDF containing specially crafted JavaScript, a pointer to memory that has already been freed may be accessed or dereferenced, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
References
14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
foxit pdf_editor *
foxit pdf_editor *
foxit pdf_editor *
foxit pdf_editor *
foxit pdf_editor *
foxit pdf_reader *
microsoft windows -


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