High 7.8Published Jul 8, 2026

CVE-2026-57245Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Signature Hyperlink Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

When the application opens a PDF, traverses and builds the annotation elements related to hyperlinks, it fails to validate the abnormal annotation relationships and field combinations. This results in the internal objects entering an invalid state. Eventually, during the destruction phase, an invalid pointer write occurred, causing the application to crash.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Foxit
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor foxit_software:foxit_pdf_editor (from the name)	Versions 2026.1.1 and earlier; Versions 14.0.4 and earlier; Versions 13.2.4 and earlier	CNA record
Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader foxit_software:foxit_pdf_reader (from the name)	Versions 2026.1.1 and earlier	CNA record
foxit pdf_editor foxit:pdf_editor	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	NVD
foxit pdf_reader foxit:pdf_reader	through 2026.1.1.36485	NVD

References

References

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

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