CVE-2016-8877

HIGH 8.8CVE-2016-8877 · Published 31/10/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-8877 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting phantompdf (foxitsoftware), reader (foxitsoftware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phantompdf foxitsoftware	`≤ 8.0.5`	No fix yet
reader foxitsoftware	`≤ 8.0.5`	No fix yet

Description

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 a PDF document, aka a "corrupted suffix pattern" issue.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/93608 · Third Party Advisory
foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

phantompdf

foxitsoftware

≤ 8.0.5

No fix yet

reader

foxitsoftware

≤ 8.0.5

No fix yet

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