CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-57248

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

The vulnerability in the PDF viewing application is due to insufficient object type and argument checks when JavaScript writes annotation attributes. This corrupts the internal annotation structure and causes the application to crash during resource release.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can crash the application by opening a specially crafted PDF file, leading to denial of service (DoS) and potential loss of unsaved data.

Recommendation

Immediately update the application to a version containing the fix for this vulnerability. Until updated, avoid opening PDF files from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

When the application opens a PDF file and JavaScript writes annotation attributes, there is a lack of sufficient object type and argument checks. As a result, due to the damage to the internal structure of the annotations, it causes the application to crash during subsequent release.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS