CVE-2026-5940

Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Apr 27, 2026
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Apr 9, 2026

Description

Calling a function that triggers a UI refresh after removing comments via a script may access an invalidated object, leading to program crashes.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Foxit

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use after free

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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