CVE-2026-5939

April 27, 2026, 6:57 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

A crafted XFA PDF can trigger a use-after-free condition during calculate event processing, causing the application to crash and resulting in an arbitrary code execution.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Pdf
  • Pdf Application
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-416
Use After Free
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a pdf pdf_application / / / / / / / /

References

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

Tags

CWE-416
14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2
2026-04-27
CVE-2026-5939

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: April 27, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Last Modified: April 27, 2026, 6:57 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2

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