6.8med
CVE-2016-8334
A large out-of-bounds read on the heap vulnerability in Foxit PDF Reader can potentially be abused for information disclosure.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.8
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
18.5%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A large out-of-bounds read on the heap vulnerability in Foxit PDF Reader can potentially be abused for information disclosure. Combined with another vulnerability, it can be used to leak heap memory layout and in bypassing ASLR.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
18.50% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Foxit Software Foxit Reader
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/93799 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- talosintelligence.com /reports/TALOS-2016-0201/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8334
- NVD: CVE-2016-8334
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