CVE-2021-41782 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting Foxit PDF Reader (before 11.1), PDF Editor (before 11.1), and PhantomPDF (before 10.1.6) due to improper handling of JavaScript. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows for arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious PDF) for exploitation. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0, < 11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxit:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.