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    CVE-2016-8876

    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 TIFF image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document, aka "Read Access Violation starting at FoxitReader."

    Published:Oct 31, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Oct 31, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00361
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Foxitsoftware
    Product
    Phantompdf
    Vendor
    Foxitsoftware
    Product
    Reader

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2021-38573 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows writing to arbitrary files bec…
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High