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CVE-2016-8879

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• Foxit PhantomPDF: through 8.0.5
• Foxit Reader: through 8.0.5

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608
• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608
• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

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