A use-after-free vulnerability exists in Foxit PDF Editor/Reader’s handling of PDF annotations. Reentrant annotation deletion triggered by embedded JavaScript can cause the application to access an annotation object after it has been released, resulting in a use-after-free condition and application crash.
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-26-744: Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Use-After-Free 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