🛡️ CVE-2022-24361 — pdf-editor

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.1.0.52543. 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 JPEG2000 images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15811.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-24361 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

CVE-2022-24361 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • pdf-editor (from 11.0.0.49893 up to 11.2.0.53415)
  • pdf-reader (fixed in 11.1.0.52543)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 February 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.foxit.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com
www.foxit.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-787
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-02-18
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pdf-editor 11.0.0.49893 11.2.0.53415
pdf-reader — 11.1.0.52543

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