CVE-2016-8878

published 2016-10-31

CVE-2016-8878: Out-of-Bounds read vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute…

Priority P3 45 high 8.8 CVSS 3.0

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

Out-of-Bounds read vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document, aka "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value starting at FOXITREADER."

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxitsoftware	phantompdf	<= 8.0.5	—
foxitsoftware	reader	<= 8.0.5	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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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