CVE-2022-43640

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.93% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information 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 PDF files. Crafted data in a PDF file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18629.

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.3–5.5

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.03.3lowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.03.3lowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-125US

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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