A vulnerability was found in Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Annotation Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537. 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-16642.

The weakness was shared 07/19/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-28675 since 04/05/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Foxit

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• PDF Reader

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• 11.2.1.53537

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• free

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