{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38097 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-38097 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Reader, published on 21 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38097 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-38097 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Reader, published on 21 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38097 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Foxit Pdf Reader. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38097/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-38097","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38097/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-38097","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-52r6-m74f-9g7w"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"PDF reader","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free in Foxit PDF Reader allows arbitrary code execution via malicious PDFs or websites, requiring user interaction.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"talos","cpe":[{"product":"pdf_reader","vendor":"foxit"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version 12.0.1.12430. By prematurely destroying annotation objects, a specially-crafted PDF document can trigger the reuse of previously freed memory, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user into opening the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is also possible if a user visits a specially-crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is enabled.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Use after free in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2022-38097","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"foxit:pdf_reader","products":["foxit:pdf_reader"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Intel(R) NUC 11 Compute Elements","id":"CVE-2022-38099"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"There is a NULL pointer vulnerability in vmwgfx driver","id":"CVE-2022-38096"},"products":["Foxit Reader"],"published":"2022-11-21","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38563","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-11"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2025-32451","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-13"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use after free in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2024-28888","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-02"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use after free in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2023-27379","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use after free in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2023-28744","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2023-32664","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Use after free in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2023-33866","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-04-15","vendors":["Foxit"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in Foxit PDF Reader allows arbitrary code execution via malicious PDFs or websites, requiring user interaction.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38097/"}