CVE-2026-57245

HIGH

Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Signature Hyperlink Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Title source: cna

Description

When the application opens a PDF, traverses and builds the annotation elements related to hyperlinks, it fails to validate the abnormal annotation relationships and field combinations. This results in the internal objects entering an invalid state. Eventually, during the destruction phase, an invalid pointer write occurred, causing the application to crash.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 1.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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 Software Inc./Foxit PDF Editor Versions 13.2.4 and earlier

Foxit Software Inc./Foxit PDF Editor Versions 14.0.4 and earlier

Foxit Software Inc./Foxit PDF Editor Versions 2026.1.1 and earlier

Foxit Software Inc./Foxit PDF Reader Versions 2026.1.1 and earlier

Published Jul 08, 2026

Tracked Since Jul 08, 2026