What is CVE-2016-8877?

CVE-2016-8877 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-8877?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2016-8877

Heap buffer overflow (Out-of-Bounds write) vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG2000 image embedded in a PDF document, aka a "corrupted suffi…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (67.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

93608 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8877?: CVE-2016-8877 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-8877?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.