Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2022 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2022-24357

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in PDF Reader from Foxit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 14.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 handling of Annotation objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15743.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foxit	PDF Reader	11.1.0.52543

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-268/ x_refsource_MISC