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CVE-2021-38563

Published: Aug 11, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-129
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 39.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-129

Affected Products

n/an/a
pdf readerfoxit
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / file-utility
pdf editorfoxitsoftware
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / file-utility
foxitcommercialCNConsumer Softwareaka foxit pdf, foxit reader
foxitsoftwarecommercialCNConsumer Softwareaka foxit software

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
foxitsoftware.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 11, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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