🛡️ CVE-2023-38109 — pdf-editor

🟢 CVSS 3.3 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-125 NVD
3.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Foxit PDF Reader Doc Object Out-Of-Bounds Read 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 Doc objects. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-21022.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, 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 low, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-38109 is classified as CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The code reads past the limits of a buffer, exposing adjacent memory contents or crashing the process.

Affected software

CVE-2023-38109 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • pdf-editor (from 12.0.0.0601 up to 12.1.0.1229)
  • pdf-reader (fixed in 12.1.0.1229)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-125
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-03
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pdf-editor 12.0.0.0601 12.1.0.1229
pdf-reader — 12.1.0.1229

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