CVE-2025-66495

Published Dec 19, 2025

Last updated 2 months ago

Overview

Description
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the annotation handling of Foxit PDF Reader before 2025.2.1, 14.0.1, and 13.2.1 on Windows and MacOS. When opening a PDF containing specially crafted JavaScript, a pointer to memory that has already been freed may be accessed or dereferenced, potentially allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Source
14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
pdf_editor, pdf_reader

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2
CWE-416

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.