CVE-2024-7724: Foxit PDF Editor

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 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 AcroForms. 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-23900.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Editor: before 11.2.11.54113 (fixed in 11.2.11.54113); from 12.0.0.12394, before 12.1.8.15703 (fixed in 12.1.8.15703); from 13.0.0.21632, before 13.1.3.22478 (fixed in 13.1.3.22478); from 2023.1.0.15510, before 2024.2.3.25184 (fixed in 2024.2.3.25184)
• Foxit PDF Reader: before 2024.2.3.25184 (fixed in 2024.2.3.25184)

Published 2024-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.