FKIE_CVE-2026-5941

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-27 12:16 - Updated: 2026-04-29 17:24
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
Parsing logic flaws cause non-signature data to be misidentified as valid signatures when processing malformed form field hierarchies, leading to invalid memory writes and program crashes during internal data structure construction.
References
14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
foxit pdf_editor *
foxit pdf_editor *
foxit pdf_reader *
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