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CVE-2016-3740
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-04T18:59:00.157 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:46:17.367

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf_x86.dll in Foxit Reader 7.3.4.311 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large SamplesPerPixel value in a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled during PDF conversion. This is fixed in 8.0.

Affected products

foxitsoftware — foxit_reader

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References

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