Foxit

CVE-2021-21831
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 6.13 % · percentile 93 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
talos
NVD status
Modified

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software’s PDF Reader, version 10.1.3.37598. A specially crafted PDF document can trigger the reuse of previously freed memory, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user to open the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is also possible if a user visits a specially crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is enabled.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Htalos
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · talos-cna@cisco.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Foxitaffected Foxit Reader 10.1.3.37598

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD