Security is our top priority. This page contains important information regarding security vulnerabilities that could affect specific versions of PDF Annotator.
In accordance with our Update Policy, we provide security updates for the current major version (PDF Annotator 9), and the previous major version (PDF Annotator 8).
Please ensure to keep your PDF Annotator installation up-to-date at any time using the built in Update Wizard.
Use Help, Version Check within the software to update to the latest version, or download and install the latest version manually from our Download Page.
Please note: PDF Annotator is NOT affected by the "Log4j" vulnerability discovered on 09-DEC-2021 (CVE-2021-44228).
PDF Annotator does not make any use of Java or the "Log4j" package.
Some 256-bit AES password protected documents could be displayed without entering a password in the iOS Mail app, and potentially other 3rd party apps.
Documents affected:
Documents not affected:
8.0.0.800 to 8.0.0.817
A component of the "Print to PDF Annotator" printer was linked with a version of libpng with known security issues.
Use Help, Version Check within the software to update to the latest version, or download and install the latest version manually from our Download Page.
8.0.0.800 to 8.0.0.811
Some 256-bit AES password protected documents could be displayed without entering a password in the iOS Mail app, and potentially other 3rd party apps.
Documents affected:
Documents not affected:
7.0.0.700 to 7.1.0.726
A component of the "Print to PDF Annotator" printer was linked with a version of libpng with known security issues.
Use Help, Version Check within the software to update to the latest version, or download and install the latest version manually from our Download Page.
7.0.0.700 to 7.1.0.726