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01 Record

CVE-2016-6169

Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF 7.3.4.311 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or potentially

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF 7.3.4.311 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or potentially

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
5.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-02-07 17:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-07-05
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5e800578eb14ffa9382f3ef4a6a2597248bd5119f917c4683e97bd466e5c54c6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
foxitsoftwarefoxit_readerNot specified—
foxitsoftwarephantompdfNot specified—

06 References