FKIE_CVE-2026-57237

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-08 09:16 - Updated: 2026-07-08 15:01
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
When the application opens a PDF and JavaScript modifies the properties of form fields, it causes the state of the underlying objects referenced by the program to become invalid. Eventually, it reads an illegal memory address, which leads to the crash of the application.
References
14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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