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TI-2021-16158 Aliases CVE-2021-38563GHSA-w5rc-cq4p-9j77

An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF Reader before 11.0.1 and PDF Editor before 11.0.1.

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-129Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-129 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF Reader before 11.0.1 and PDF Editor before 11.0.1. It mishandles situations in which an array size (derived from a /Size entry) is smaller than the maximum indirect object number, and thus there is an attempted incorrect array access (leading to a NULL pointer dereference, or out-of-bounds read or write).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01087 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 11.0.0.0510VulnerableFoxit
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 11.0.0.0510VulnerableFoxitsoftware
  • cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 11.0.0.0510 Vulnerable ·Foxit
  • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 11.0.0.0510 Vulnerable ·Foxitsoftware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-38563
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5rc-cq4p-9j77

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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