CVE-2023-27331
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2024-05-03
- Fixed in12.1.0.15250 · 11.2.4.53774 · 10.1.10.37854
- WeaknessCWE-416
Am I affected?
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Description
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-19475.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2024-05-0302:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-27331?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-27331?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · CISA-ADP| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.x | ≥ 12.0.0.12394, < 12.1.0.15250 | 12.1.0.15250 | NVD |
| 11.x | ≥ 11.0.0.49893, < 11.2.4.53774 | 11.2.4.53774 | NVD |
| 10.1 | < 10.1.10.37854 | 10.1.10.37854 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.1 | < 12.1.0.15250 | 12.1.0.15250 | NVD |
| 12.0 | = 12.0.2.12465 | no fix published | CISA-ADP |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Foxit pdf editor to 12.1.0.15250 · 11.2.4.53774 · 10.1.10.37854
Advisories and patches
- www.foxit.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2024-05-03
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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