Foxit Alert
2549Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
1 August, 2022
● High
2022-5078
All
Foxit has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:
- Foxit PDF Reader (previously named Foxit Reader)
- 12.0.0.12394 and earlier, Windows
- Foxit PDF Editor (previously named Foxit PhantomPDF)
- 12.0.0.12394, 11.2.2.53575 and all previous 11.x versions, 10.1.8.37795 and earlier
- Foxit PDF Editor for Mac (previously named Foxit PhantomPDF Mac)
- 12.0.0.0601, 11.1.2.0420 and earlier, macOS
- Foxit PDF Reader for Mac (previously named Foxit Reader Mac)
- 12.0.0.0601, 11.1.2.0420 and earlier, macOS
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
- Unauthorized disclosure of information
- Execute arbitrary code –remotely
- Memory corruption
The CERT team encourages users to review Foxit security advisory and apply the necessary updates: