CVE-2024-12752
Published: 30 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-12752 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Editor. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 12.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-12752 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Foxit PDF Reader that affects the handling of AcroForms. The flaw stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied data, which can trigger a memory corruption condition and allow arbitrary code execution. It carries a CVSS 3.0 score of 7.8 and was originally reported as ZDI-CAN-25345.
An attacker can exploit the issue by convincing a target to open a malicious PDF file or visit a malicious page. Successful exploitation grants code execution in the context of the current user process, with no privileges required beyond the ability to supply the crafted document.
Foxit has published security bulletins addressing the vulnerability, and the Zero Day Initiative has released advisory ZDI-24-1738 with additional technical details. The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.0504 before receding to its current value of 0.0344.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-51087
Vulnerability details
Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Memory Corruption 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…
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a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of AcroForms. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25345.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.
Managed runtimes used by platform-independent applications (e.g., JVM, CLR) enforce memory safety, preventing most buffer overflows that require direct memory manipulation.
Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.
Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.