CVE-2022-43638 — Use After Free in PDF Editor

CWE-416 — Use After Free3 documents3 sources

Severity

7.8HIGHNVD

EPSS

1.7%

top 17.65%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Foxit PDF Editor Foxit PDF Reader

Timeline

PublishedMar 29

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 12.0.1.12430. 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 parsing of U3D files. 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…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDfoxit/pdf_reader< 12.0.2

▶CVEListV5foxit/pdf_reader12.0.1.12430

▶NVDfoxit/pdf_editor11.0.0 — 11.2.4+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-mrcj-939x-ph52: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 12↗2023-03-29

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CVEList

CVE-2022-43638: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 12↗2023-03-29

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