CVE-2016-8878 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions prior to 8.1 on Windows, specifically when the gflags application is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by embedding a specially crafted BMP image within the XFA stream of a PDF document. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but allowing an unauthenticated attacker (PR:N) to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H) over the network (AV:N). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.