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.
Published: 2016-10-31
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9704 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.
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Foxitsoftware Phantompdf Reader
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:35:01.818Z

Reserved: 2016-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8879

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-31T10:59:15.397

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-8879

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