CVE-2016-8876 in Reader

Summary

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."

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• Reservation: 10/21/2016
• Disclosure: 10/31/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-93202 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.5
• EPSS: 0.00361
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8876
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8876
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-8876/