CVE-2021-38567

7.5 HIGH

An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF Editor before 11.0.1 and PDF Reader before 11.0.1 on macOS

Published: 2021-08-11 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE: CWE-476

Affected products

Vendor	Product
foxit	pdf_editor, pdf_reader
foxitsoftware	pdf_editor, pdf_reader

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF Editor before 11.0.1 and PDF Reader before 11.0.1 on macOS. It mishandles missing dictionary entries, leading to a NULL pointer dereference, aka CNVD-C-2021-95204.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38567
[Vendor advisory]https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
[Vendor advisory]https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

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