CVE-2023-38115: Foxit PDF Editor

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information 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 Doc objects. 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 in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-21256.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Editor: up to and including 10.1.12.37872; from 11.0.0, up to and including 11.2.6.53790; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.2.15332
• Foxit PDF Reader: up to and including 12.1.2.15332

Published 2024-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.