Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-38119

High

Published: 03 May 2024

Published
03 May 2024
Modified
12 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0208 84.4th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-38119 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Editor. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm signature Out-Of-Bounds Read 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…

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visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of signature fields. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-21326.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

foxit
pdf editor
≤ 10.1.12.37872 · 11.0.0 — 11.2.6.53790 · 12.0.0 — 12.1.2.15332
foxit
pdf reader
≤ 12.1.2.15332

Mitigating Controls

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

References