CVE-2016-8879

MEDIUM

Foxit Reader & PhantomPDF <8.1 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The thumbnail shell extension plugin (FoxitThumbnailHndlr_x86.dll) in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted JPEG2000 image embedded in a PDF document, aka an "Exploitable - Heap Corruption" issue.

References (2)

[VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Affected Products (3)

foxitsoftware/phantompdf < 8.0.5

foxitsoftware/reader < 8.0.5

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Oct 31, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026