A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 12.0.1.12430. By prematurely deleting objects associated with pages, 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 into opening 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.
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Advisories
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EUVD-2022-35840 | A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 12.0.1.12430. By prematurely deleting objects associated with pages, 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 into opening 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. |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published:
Updated: 2025-04-15T18:40:22.174Z
Reserved: 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2022-32774
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-03T07:46:45.432Z
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-11-21T16:15:12.107
Modified: 2024-11-21T07:06:56.120
Link: CVE-2022-32774
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