CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-34965
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-05-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
Foxit PDF Editor Squiggly Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Editor. 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 Annotation objects. 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 the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-14361.
Affected configurations
• foxit pdf editor (<= 10.1.5.37672)
• foxit pdf editor 11.0.0.49893
• foxit pdf editor 11.0.1.49938
• foxit pdf reader (<= 11.0.1.49938)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1196/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1196/ Third Party Advisory