CVE-2016-8334 (GCVE-0-2016-8334)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:20
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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.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • out-of-bounds read
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Foxit Software Foxit Reader Affected: 8.0.2.805
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Date Public
2016-10-18 00:00
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