CVE-2022-37385: Foxit PDF Editor

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 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 Doc objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17301.

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.