CVE-2026-5938 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper control flow management allows a crafted document action chain to cause modal dialog reentry on the main thread, resulting in UI freeze and denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00014.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Foxit Software Inc.

Foxit PDF Editor

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Versions 2026.1 and earlier`	affected	—
`Versions 14.0.3 and earlier`	affected	—
`Versions 13.2.3 and earlier`	affected	—

Foxit Software Inc.

Foxit PDF Reader

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Versions 2026.1 and earlier`	affected	—

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper control flow management allows a crafted document action chain to cause modal dialog reentry on the main thread, resulting in UI freeze and denial of service.
Title		Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-691
References		https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Foxit

Published: 2026-04-27T11:00:38.202Z

Updated: 2026-04-27T13:42:57.699Z

Reserved: 2026-04-09T03:42:07.680Z

Link: CVE-2026-5938

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-27T13:40:17.459Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-27T12:16:24.153

Modified: 2026-04-27T12:16:24.153

Link: CVE-2026-5938

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-691

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