CVE-2022-37380: Foxit PDF Editor

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537. 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 ADBC objects. By performing actions in JavaScript, an attacker can trigger a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17169.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Editor: before 10.1.9 (fixed in 10.1.9); from 11.0.0, before 11.2.3 (fixed in 11.2.3); version 12.0.0.12394 only
• Foxit PDF Reader: before 12.0.1 (fixed in 12.0.1)

Published 2023-03-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.