🛡️ CVE-2024-49576
🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-416 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Foxit Reader 2024.3.0.26795 handles a checkbox CBF_Widget object. A specially crafted Javascript code inside a malicious PDF document can trigger this vulnerability, which can lead to memory corruption and result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user into opening the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is also possible if a user visits a specially crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is enabled.

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-416
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2024-12-18
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2025-08-25
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pdf-editor 2024.1.0.23997 2024.3.0.26795
pdf-reader — 2024.3.0.26795

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