Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of AcroForms. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25344.
                
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                    Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared | Foxit pdf Editor Microsoft Microsoft windows | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Foxit pdf Editor Microsoft Microsoft windows | 
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:15:00 +0000
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| Metrics | ssvc 
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| Description | Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of AcroForms. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25344. | |
| Title | Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
| References |  | |
| Metrics | cvssV3_0 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2024-12-30T20:13:40.610Z
Updated: 2025-01-01T04:56:28.195Z
Reserved: 2024-12-18T16:29:34.214Z
Link: CVE-2024-12751
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-12-30T23:12:30.229Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-12-30T21:15:06.130
Modified: 2025-08-08T17:49:21.987
Link: CVE-2024-12751
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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