CVE-2016-8878

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 BMP image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document, aka "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value starting at FOXITREADER."

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader::::::windows::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-10-31 10:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:46

NVD link : CVE-2016-8878

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8878

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8878

JSON object : View

Products Affected

foxitsoftware

phantompdf
reader

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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