CVE-2026-57237 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

When the application opens a PDF and JavaScript modifies the properties of form fields, it causes the state of the underlying objects referenced by the program to become invalid. Eventually, it reads an illegal memory address, which leads to the crash of the application.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00116.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

History

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		When the application opens a PDF and JavaScript modifies the properties of form fields, it causes the state of the underlying objects referenced by the program to become invalid. Eventually, it reads an illegal memory address, which leads to the crash of the application.
Title		Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Foxit

Published: 2026-07-08T07:36:06.219Z

Updated: 2026-07-08T13:15:21.343Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T03:01:15.648Z

Link: CVE-2026-57237

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-08T13:15:14.700Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-08T15:15:04Z

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