Parsing logic flaws cause non-signature data to be misidentified as valid signatures when processing malformed form field hierarchies, leading to invalid memory writes and program crashes during internal data structure construction.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-20
Foxit PDF Editor/Reader AcroForm Signature Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Problem type
Affected products
Foxit Software Inc.
Foxit PDF Editor
Versions 2026.1 and earlier - AFFECTED
Versions 14.0.3 and earlier - AFFECTED
Foxit PDF Reader
Versions 2026.1 and earlier - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-pxgr-8px7-gpc8
Parsing logic flaws cause non-signature data to be misidentified as valid signatures when...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pxgr-8px7-gpc8Parsing logic flaws cause non-signature data to be misidentified as valid signatures when processing malformed form field hierarchies, leading to invalid memory writes and program crashes during internal data structure construction.
JSON source
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