CVE-2016-8879 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the thumbnail shell extension plugin (FoxitThumbnailHndlr_x86.dll) of Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF versions prior to 8.1 on Windows. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) through a crafted JPEG2000 image embedded within a PDF document, requiring user interaction to trigger. 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:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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