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CVE-2016-8878

Out-of-Bounds read vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document, aka "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value starting at FOXITREADER."

  • Published: Oct 31, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-8878
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
foxitsoftware / reader - 8.0.5.x
foxitsoftware / phantompdf - 8.0.5.x