๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-3778

MEDIUM 6.2

Stack exhaustion caused by cyclic references in Foxit PDF Editor/Reader

CVSS Score
6.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
2th

The application does not detect or guard against cyclic PDF object references while handling JavaScript in PDF. When pages and annotations are crafted that reference each other in a loop, passing the document to APIs (e.g., SOAP) that perform deep traversal can cause uncontrolled recursion, stack exhaustion, and application crashes.

CWE CWE-674
Vendor foxit software inc.
Product foxit pdf editor
Published Apr 1, 2026
Last Updated Apr 2, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Foxit Software Inc. / Foxit PDF Editor
Versions 2025.3 and earlier Versions 14.0.2 and earlier Versions 13.2.2 and earlier
Foxit Software Inc. / Foxit PDF Reader
Versions 2025.3 and earlier

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
foxit.com: https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Credits

Suyue Guo from UCSB Seclab