CVE-2016-6169

published 2018-02-07

CVE-2016-6169: Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF 7.3.4.311 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…

Priority P3 39 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF 7.3.4.311 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code via the Bezier data in a crafted PDF file.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	<= 7.3.4.311	—
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	<= 7.3.4.311	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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