CVE-2016-8875 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions prior to 8.1 on Windows, specifically within the ConvertToPDF plugin when the gflags app is enabled. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) can be triggered remotely via a crafted TIFF image, leading to a denial of service (application crash) due to high attack complexity and user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
<= 8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.