CVE-2026-5938

Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Apr 27, 2026
Updated: Apr 27, 2026
Reserved: Apr 9, 2026

Description

Improper control flow management allows a crafted document action chain to cause modal dialog reentry on the main thread, resulting in UI freeze and denial of service.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	Foxit

Weaknesses

CWE-691 Insufficient Control Flow Management (CWE-691)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Foxit PDF EditorFoxit Software Inc.	Versions 2026.1 and earlierAffected Versions 14.0.3 and earlierAffected Versions 13.2.3 and earlierAffected
Foxit PDF ReaderFoxit Software Inc.	Versions 2026.1 and earlierAffected

References

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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