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CVE-2026-57256: Foxit Editor/Reader List Box Format 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

When the application opens a PDF and executes JavaScript, it performs abnormal operations on the list box field, and this operation is repeated after the form is reset. During this process, the application failed to adequately verify the validity of the form objects and their internal dictionary pointers, resulting in accessing internal members of invalid or improperly initialized fields. This led to an illegal pointer read, ultimately 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

References

• https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2420

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