CVE-2026-3778 (GCVE-0-2026-3778)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-01 01:40 – Updated: 2026-04-01 01:40
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Title
Stack exhaustion caused by cyclic references in Foxit PDF Editor/Reader
Summary
The application does not detect or guard against cyclic PDF object references while handling JavaScript in PDF. When pages and annotations are crafted that reference each other in a loop, passing the document to APIs (e.g., SOAP) that perform deep traversal can cause uncontrolled recursion, stack exhaustion, and application crashes.
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor Affected: Versions 2025.3 and earlier
Affected: Versions 14.0.2 and earlier
Affected: Versions 13.2.2 and earlier
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