CVE-2016-3740

N/A

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CreateFXPDFConvertor function in ConvertToPdf_x86.dll in Foxit Reader 7.3.4.311 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large SamplesPerPixel value in a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled during PDF conversion. This is fixed in 8.0.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published4/4/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

foxitsoftware:foxit_reader

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

https://0patch.blogspot.com/2016/07/0patching-foxit-readers-heap-buffer.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php(cve@mitre.org)

https://0patch.blogspot.com/2016/07/0patching-foxit-readers-heap-buffer.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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