PT-2016-5831 · Foxit · Foxit Reader+1

Published 2016-04-22 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-4062

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions prior to 7.3.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application hang, by providing a crafted PDF. This is due to improper reporting of format errors recursively.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.3.4, update to version 7.3.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4062

Affected Products

Foxit Reader

Phantompdf

References · 4

• https://foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4062 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4062 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90504 · Note