CVE-2016-3740

—

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

15%p97

Published

Apr 4, 2017 (Apr 4, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: foxitsoftware
Products: foxit reader
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (15.4%)

In the news0 stories

No ingested article mentions this CVE yet.