CVE-2024-9254: Foxit PDF Editor

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Foxit PDF Reader Annotation 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 Annotation 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-25173.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Editor: up to and including 11.2.10.53951; from 12.0, up to and including 12.1.7.15526; from 13.0, up to and including 13.1.3.22478; from 2023.0, up to and including 2023.3.0.23028; from 2024.0, up to and including 2024.2.3.25184; up to and including 11.1.9.0524; …
• Foxit PDF Reader: up to and including 2024.2.3.25184; up to and including 2024.2.2.64388

Published 2024-11-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.