Foxit PDF Editor/Reader does not perform sufficient verification of the JPEG2000 image metadata in the PDF file, which leads to out-of-bounds write in the heap buffer during decoding, potentially causing the program to crash and introducing the risk of arbitrary code execution.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory
Vendor advisories in the News 1
- ZDI-26-743: Foxit PDF Reader JPEG2000 Parsing Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Zero Day Initiative: published advisories · 2026-09-23
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · foxitNVD modified 2026-10-08 14:00
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory