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CVE-2024-49576

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2024-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Reader: through 11.2.11.54113; from 12.0.0 through 12.1.8.15703; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.4.23147; from 2023.1.0.15510 through 2023.3.0.23028; from 2024.1.0.23997 through 2024.3.0.26795
• Foxit Pdf Reader: through 2024.3.0.26795

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2093
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2093

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