CVE-2026-5937 PUBLISHED

Foxit PDF Editor/Reader's insufficient parameter validation leads to denial-of-service vulnerability

Assigner: Foxit
Reserved: 09.04.2026 Published: 27.04.2026 Updated: 27.04.2026

Insufficient parameter verification leads to the occurrence of format errors in files, which will trigger an unhandled "std::invalid_argument" exception, ultimately causing the program to terminate.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 5.5

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Foxit Software Inc.
Product	Foxit PDF Editor
Versions	Default: unaffected Version Versions 2026.1 and earlier is affected Version Versions 14.0.3 and earlier is affected Version Versions 13.2.3 and earlier is affected

Vendor	Foxit Software Inc.
Product	Foxit PDF Reader
Versions	Default: unaffected Version Versions 2026.1 and earlier is affected

Credits

CITIVD finder

References

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

Problem Types

CWE-248 Uncaught exception CWE

Impacts

Denial of service