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CVE-2016-8879
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-31T10:59:15.397 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:55:07.427

Summary

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.

Affected products

foxitsoftware — phantompdf

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References

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