CVE-2016-3740 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Foxit Reader

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources

Severity

7.8HIGHNVD

EPSS

1.3%

top 20.40%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

Timeline

PublishedApr 4

Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf_x86.dll in Foxit Reader 7.3.4.311 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large SamplesPerPixel value in a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled during PDF conversion. This is fixed in 8.0.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDfoxitsoftware/foxit_reader7.3.4.311

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-7w5w-v49g-pq2m: Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf_x86↗2022-05-17

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CVEList

CVE-2016-3740: Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf_x86↗2017-04-04

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