A use-after-free vulnerability exists in Foxit PDF Editor/Reader’s handling of PDF annotations. Reentrant annotation deletion triggered by embedded JavaScript can cause the application to access an a…

High CVSS 7.8

CVECVE-2026-91816

First seen2026-09-23 08:32 UTC

Disclosed2026-09-23 08:17 UTC

Last updated2026-09-23 08:32 UTC

Channel statusauto

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in Foxit PDF Editor/Reader’s handling of PDF annotations. Reentrant annotation deletion triggered by embedded JavaScript can cause the application to access an annotation object after it has been released, resulting in a use-after-free condition and application crash.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Sources

NVD DATABASE

Original Links

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Timeline

2026-09-23 nvd_ingest NVD