CVE-2012-4337

critical

Published 2012-08-23 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

Description

Foxit Reader before 5.3 on Windows XP and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF document with a crafted attachment that triggers calculation of a negative number during processing of cross references.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Windows Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`{"endIncluding":"5.1.4.0104"}`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`2.0`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`2.3`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`3.0`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`3.1.2.1013`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`3.1.2.1030`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`3.2.0.0303`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`3.2.1.0401`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`4.0`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`4.0.0.0619`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`4.1`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`4.1.1.0805`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`4.2`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`4.3`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`4.3.1.0218`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`5.0`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`5.0.2`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`5.1.0.1021`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`5.1.3`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.