CVE-2026-57244: Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Form Control Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-07-08 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

After JavaScript resetting the form, the synchronization process lacks re-entry protection and object lifecycle verification, resulting in the failure of the control pointer during the traversal process. After the pointer fails, it still continues to dereference, causing the application to crash.

Affected products

Foxit PDF Reader: through 13.2.4.24048; from 14.0.0.33046 through 14.0.4.33508; 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 2025.3.0.35737; from 2026.1.0.36452 through 2026.1.1.36485
Foxit Pdf Reader: through 2026.1.1.36485; through 2026.1.1.70276

References

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

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