CVE-2024-9254

HIGH

Foxit PDF Editor < 11.2.10.53951 and PDF Reader < 2024.2.3.25184 - Use-After-Free in Annotation Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of Annotation objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25173.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1307/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0161
EPSS Percentile 82.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (4)
foxit/pdf_editor < 11.1.9.0524
foxit/pdf_editor < 11.2.10.53951
foxit/pdf_reader < 2024.2.2.64388
foxit/pdf_reader < 2024.2.3.25184
Published Nov 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026