CVE-2025-66493

published 2025-12-19

CVE-2025-66493: A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the AcroForm handling of Foxit PDF Reader and Foxit PDF Editor before 2025.2.1,14.0.1 and 13.2.1 on Windows . When…

Priority P3 45 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

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

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the AcroForm handling of Foxit PDF Reader and Foxit PDF Editor before 2025.2.1,14.0.1 and 13.2.1

on Windows

. When opening a PDF containing specially crafted JavaScript, a pointer to memory that has already been freed may be accessed or dereferenced, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Affected

12 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxit	pdf_editor	<= 13.2.1.23955	—
foxit	pdf_editor	14.0.0.33046 – 14.0.1.33197	—
foxit	pdf_editor	2023.1.0.15510 – 2023.3.0.23028	—
foxit	pdf_editor	2024.1.0.23997 – 2024.4.1.27687	—
foxit	pdf_editor	2025.1.0.27937 – 2025.2.1.33197	—
foxit	pdf_reader	<= 2025.2.1.33197	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_editor	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_editor	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_editor	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_reader	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_reader	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_reader	—	—

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