CVE-2025-66497 (GCVE-0-2025-66497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-19 07:10 – Updated: 2026-05-09 03:39
VLAI
Title
Foxit PDF Reader 3D Annotation Out-of-Bounds Memory Access Vulnerability
Summary
A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the 3D annotation handling of Foxit PDF Reader due to insufficient bounds checking when parsing PRC data. When opening a PDF file containing malformed or specially crafted PRC content, out-of-bounds memory access may occur, resulting in memory corruption.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-19 17:18 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Foxit CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 69 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader Affected: Versions 2025.2.1 and earlier
Affected: Versions 14.0.1 and earlier
Affected: Versions 13.2.1 and eariler
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Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor Affected: Versions 2025.2.1 and earlier
Affected: Versions 14.0.1 and earlier
Affected: Versions 13.2.1 and eariler
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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