VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-8878

high
Published 2016-10-31 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
foxitsoftwarephantompdf{"endIncluding":"8.0.5"}
foxitsoftwarereader{"endIncluding":"8.0.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.