What is CVE-2016-8875?

CVE-2016-8875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-8875?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2016-8875

The ConvertToPDF plugin in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, aka "Data from Faulting Address is used as one or more arguments in a subsequent Function Call starting at ConvertToPDF_x86!CreateFXPDFConvertor."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8875?: CVE-2016-8875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-8875?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.