CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6169
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-02-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF 7.3.4.311 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code via the Bezier data in a crafted PDF file.
Affected configurations
• foxitsoftware foxit reader (<= 7.3.4.311)
• foxitsoftware phantompdf (<= 7.3.4.311)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-16-018 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory
- https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-16-018 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Vendor Advisory