CVE-2026-5942
Foxit PDF Editor/Reader AcroForm Signature Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal component states, causing subsequent operations to access invalidated objects and crash the program.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Foxit PDF Editor/Reader AcroForm Signature Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal component states, causing subsequent operations to access invalidated objects and crash the program.
- Record
CVE-2026-5942- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-25828
Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal component states, causing subsequent operations to access invalidated objects and crash the program.
- Record
EUVD-2026-25828- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v92h-4968-3789
Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal...
Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal component states, causing subsequent operations to access invalidated objects and crash the program.
- Record
GHSA-v92h-4968-3789- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Flaws in page lifecycle management allow document structure changes to desynchronize internal component states, causing subsequent operations to access invalidated objects and crash the program.
- Record
CVE-2026-5942- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-5942 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Foxit Pdf Editor, published April 27, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.