Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-38563

Critical

Published: 11 August 2021

Published
11 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0002 6.7th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-38563 is a critical-severity Improper Validation of Array Index (CWE-129) vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Reader. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 6.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF Reader before 11.0.1 and PDF Editor before 11.0.1. It mishandles situations in which an array size (derived from a /Size entry) is smaller than the maximum indirect object number, and thus there is…

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an attempted incorrect array access (leading to a NULL pointer dereference, or out-of-bounds read or write).

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

foxit
pdf reader
≤ 11.0.0.0510
foxitsoftware
pdf editor
≤ 11.0.0.0510

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References