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CVE-2016-3740

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf_x86.dll in Foxit Reader 7.3.4.311 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large SamplesPerPixel value in a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled during PDF conversion. This is fixed in 8.0.

Affected products

• Foxit Reader: 7.3.4.311

References

• https://0patch.blogspot.com/2016/07/0patching-foxit-readers-heap-buffer.html
• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
• https://0patch.blogspot.com/2016/07/0patching-foxit-readers-heap-buffer.html
• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

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