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ghsa-2xr7-8qgr-hch2

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-12-19 09:30

Modified

2025-12-19 09:30

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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CVE-2025-66493 (GCVE-0-2025-66493)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-12-19 07:07

Modified

2025-12-19 14:51

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-416 - Use After Free

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

URL

Tags

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Foxit Software Inc.

Foxit PDF Editor

Version: Versions 2025.2.1 and earlier
Version: Versions 14.0.1 and earlier
Version: Versions 13.2.1 and earlier

Foxit Software Inc.

Foxit PDF Reader

Version: Versions 2025.2.1 and earlier
Version: Versions 14.0.1 and earlier
Version: Versions 13.2.1 and earlier

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