A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the annotation handling of Foxit PDF Reader before 2025.2.1, 14.0.1, and 13.2.1 on Windows and MacOS. 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.
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Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:15:00 +0000

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Description A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the annotation handling of Foxit PDF Reader before 2025.2.1, 14.0.1, and 13.2.1 on Windows and MacOS. 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.
Title Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Foxit

Published: 2025-12-19T07:09:09.594Z

Updated: 2025-12-19T07:09:09.594Z

Reserved: 2025-12-03T01:33:55.297Z

Link: CVE-2025-66495

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-19T07:16:02.380

Modified: 2025-12-19T07:16:02.380

Link: CVE-2025-66495

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