PT-2016-7607 · Foxit · Foxit Reader+1

Published 2016-10-31 · Updated 2016-11-29 · CVE-2016-8879

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit Reader versions prior to 8.1 Foxit PhantomPDF versions prior to 8.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an out-of-bounds write and application crash, via a crafted JPEG2000 image embedded in a PDF document.

Recommendations For Foxit Reader versions prior to 8.1, update to version 8.1 or later to resolve the issue. For Foxit PhantomPDF versions prior to 8.1, update to version 8.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8879

Affected Products

Foxit Phantompdf

Foxit Reader

References · 4

• https://foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8879 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93608 · Note