CVE-2021-38566: Foxitsoftware PDF Editor

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF Reader before 11.0.1 and PDF Editor before 11.0.1. It allows stack consumption during recursive processing of embedded XML nodes.

Affected products

• Foxitsoftware PDF Editor: before 11.0.1 (fixed in 11.0.1)
• Foxitsoftware PDF Reader: before 11.0.1 (fixed in 11.0.1)

Published 2021-08-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.