Foxit Reader Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Aug 2025)
🗓️ 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the PDF document viewing program Foxit PDF Reader (formerly Foxit Reader) relates to access to an uninitialized pointer, allowing a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or damage memory. | 12 Sep 202500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2025-32451 | 13 Aug 202514:00 | – | circl | |
| Foxit Reader 缓冲区错误漏洞 | 13 Aug 202500:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| Foxit PDF Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2025-27459) | 20 Aug 202500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2025-32451 | 13 Aug 202513:37 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2025-32451 | 13 Aug 202513:37 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2025-24572 | 3 Oct 202520:07 | – | euvd | |
| Foxit PDF Editor < 13.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 20 Aug 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Foxit PDF Editor < 2025.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 20 Aug 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Foxit PDF Reader < 2025.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 20 Aug 202500:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| talosintelligence | www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2202 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:reader";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.133026");
script_version("2025-08-20T05:40:05+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-32451");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-20 05:40:05 +0000 (Wed, 20 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-08-13 14:15:31 +0000 (Wed, 13 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-08-14 08:04:13 +0530 (Thu, 14 Aug 2025)");
script_name("Foxit Reader Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Foxit Reader is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A memory corruption vulnerability exists due to the use of an
uninitialized pointer. A specially crafted Javascript code inside a malicious PDF document can
trigger this vulnerability, which can lead to memory corruption and result in arbitrary code
execution. An attacker needs to trick the user into opening the malicious file to trigger this
vulnerability. Exploitation is also possible if a user visits a specially crafted, malicious
site if the browser plugin extension is enabled.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Foxit Reader version 2025.1.0.27937 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2025.2.0.33046 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2202");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_foxit_reader_detect_portable_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("foxit/reader/ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"2025.1.0.27937")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2025.2.0.33046", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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20 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.00583
SSVC