VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-6883

medium
Published 2017-03-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
4.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.7

Description

The ConvertToPDF plugin in Foxit Reader before 8.2.1 and PhantomPDF before 8.2.1 on Windows, when the gflags app is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image. The vulnerability could lead to information disclosure; an attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
foxitsoftwarefoxit_reader{"endIncluding":"8.2.0.2051"}
foxitsoftwarephantompdf{"endIncluding":"8.2.0.2192"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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