01 Record

CVE-2016-8877

Heap buffer overflow (Out-of-Bounds write) vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG2000 image embedded in

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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: 2.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 87.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

2016-10-31 10:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b857871e8048d3f3513da0851182a044b50e1c1ad7110e72e73c6f51d1eedf25

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

foxitsoftwarephantompdfNot specified—

foxitsoftwarereaderNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com93608http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.foxitsoftware.comhttps://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpx_refsource_CONFIRM