What is CVE-2016-8878?

CVE-2016-8878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-8878?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2016-8878

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 BMP image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document, aka "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value starting at FOXITREADER."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · 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-2016-8878?: CVE-2016-8878 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-8878?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.