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CVE-2016-8879

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Published: Oct 31, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Foxitsoftware
2 products
Phantompdf
Reader
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Phantompdf
Up to 8.0.5
Reader
Up to 8.0.5

Related CWEs

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
VDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
VDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory

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