---
id: CVE-2026-91815
title: >-
  Foxit PDF Editor/Reader does not perform sufficient verification of the
  JPEG2000 image metadata in the PDF file, which leads to out-of-bounds write in
  the heap buffer during decoding, potentially causing the program to crash and
  introduc…
summary: >-
  Foxit PDF Editor/Reader does not perform sufficient verification of the
  JPEG2000 image metadata in the PDF file, which leads to out-of-bounds write in
  the heap buffer during decoding, potentially causing the program to crash and
  introduc…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-787
vendor: Foxit Software Inc.
product: Foxit PDF Editor
affected:
  - foxit_pdf_editor Versions 2026.2 and earlier
  - foxit_pdf_editor Versions 14.0.7 and earlier
  - foxit_pdf_editor Versions 13.2.6 and earlier
  - foxit_pdf_reader Versions 2026.2 and earlier
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T08:17:13.790'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-91815'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html'
    label: 14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T08:20:37.596Z'
---

## Overview

Foxit PDF Editor/Reader does not perform sufficient verification of the JPEG2000 image metadata in the PDF file, which leads to out-of-bounds write in the heap buffer during decoding, potentially causing the program to crash and introducing the risk of arbitrary code execution.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.