CVE-2022-43637

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.09% (65th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 12.0.1.12430. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of U3D files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18626.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Foxit PDF Reader≤ 12.0.1.12430enisa_euvdEU
foxit pdf editor< 10.1.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foxit pdf editor11.0.0 → 11.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foxit pdf editor12.0.0.12394 → 12.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foxit pdf reader< 12.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0028Foxit Phantom PDF Suite: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Foxit Phantom PDF Suite ausnutzen, um Code auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen und einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-03-29modified 2026-06-17

references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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