CVE-2024-30340: Foxit PDF Editor

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

Foxit PDF Reader Annotation 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 Annotation 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-22707.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Editor: up to and including 11.2.8.53842; from 12.0.0, up to and including 12.1.4.15400; from 13.0.0, up to and including 13.0.1.21693; from 2023.1.0.15510, up to and including 2023.3.0.23028
• Foxit PDF Reader: up to and including 2023.3.0.23028

Published 2024-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.