CVE-2026-5942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal component states, causing subsequent operations to access invalidated objects and crash the program.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

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

History

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal component states, causing subsequent operations to access invalidated objects and crash the program.
Title		Foxit PDF Editor/Reader AcroForm Signature Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Foxit

Published: 2026-04-27T11:00:33.818Z

Updated: 2026-04-27T13:43:18.769Z

Reserved: 2026-04-09T03:42:17.871Z

Link: CVE-2026-5942

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-27T13:40:19.477Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-27T12:16:24.603

Modified: 2026-04-27T12:16:24.603

Link: CVE-2026-5942

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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