PT-2017-8419

CVE-2016-3740

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Published

2017-04-04

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Updated

2017-04-11

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit Reader versions 7.3.4.311 and earlier
Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf x86.dll, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large SamplesPerPixel value in a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled during PDF conversion.
Recommendations For Foxit Reader versions 7.3.4.311 and earlier, update to version 8.0 to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Related identifiers
CVE-2016-3740
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