CVE-2023-42089

published 2024-05-03

CVE-2023-42089: Foxit PDF Reader templates Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on…

Priority P3 41 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

Foxit PDF Reader templates Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information 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 templates. 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 in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-21586.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxit	pdf_editor	<= 10.1.12.37872	—
foxit	pdf_editor	—	—
foxit	pdf_editor	11.0.0 – 11.2.7.53812	—
foxit	pdf_editor	12.0.0 – 12.1.3.15356	—
foxit	pdf_editor_for_mac	11.0.0 – 11.1.5.0913	—
foxit	pdf_editor_for_mac	12.0.0 – 12.1.1.55342	—
foxit	pdf_reader	<= 12.1.3.15356	—
foxit	pdf_reader	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v3.0 3.3 LOW CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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