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CVE-2022-26979

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

Foxit PDF Reader before 12.0.1 and PDF Editor before 12.0.1 allow a NULL pointer dereference when this.Span is used for oState of Collab.addStateModel, because this.Span.text can be NULL.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Reader: before 12.0.1 — fixed in 12.0.1
• Foxit Pdf Reader: before 12.0.1 — fixed in 12.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Foxit PDF Reader 12.0.1; Foxit Pdf Reader 12.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WpwDgVRU-Mb792z6dgDoWMXDRSeB8ZLU/view?usp=sharing
• https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WpwDgVRU-Mb792z6dgDoWMXDRSeB8ZLU/view?usp=sharing
• https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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