CVE-2016-8875

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
The ConvertToPDF plugin in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, aka "Data from Faulting Address is used as one or more arguments in a subsequent Function Call starting at ConvertToPDF_x86!CreateFXPDFConvertor."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8875
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-10-31T10:59:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-29T19:26:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 8.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 8.0.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.6
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8875
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8875
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:03:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:56:52 2016-10-31T10:59Z 2016-10-31T10:59:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:56:52 2016-11-29T19:26:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:56:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated