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Foxit Reader: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2016-8879)

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Foxit Reader: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2016-8879)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/31/2016
Created
02/01/2020
Added
01/24/2020
Modified
01/27/2020

Description

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 image embedded in a PDF document, aka an "Exploitable - Heap Corruption" issue.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-latest

References

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