CVE-2016-8879
Published Oct 31, 2016
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-787
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A3E2E5C8-6D6E-404F-87D0-B3F8DB72C9BE",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.0.5"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "67E21136-133D-46B7-B163-E648DF9B9F1B",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.0.5"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]