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CVE-2025-66495: Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the annotation handling of Foxit PDF Reader before 2025.2.1, 14.0.1, and 13.2.1 on Windows and MacOS. When opening a PDF containing specially crafted JavaScript, a pointer to memory that has already been freed may be accessed or dereferenced, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
- Foxit PDF Reader: through 13.2.1.23955; from 14.0.0.33046 through 14.0.1.33197; from 2023.1.0.15510 through 2023.3.0.23028; from 2024.1.0.23997 through 2024.4.1.27687; from 2025.1.0.27937 through 2025.2.1.33197; through 13.2.1.63315
- Foxit Pdf Reader: through 2025.2.1.33197; through 2025.2.1.69005
References
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