What is CVE-2016-8879?

CVE-2016-8879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-8879?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf

CVE-2016-8879

The thumbnail shell extension plugin (FoxitThumbnailHndlr_x86.dll) in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted JPEG2000…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (25.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8879?: CVE-2016-8879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Phantompdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-8879?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.