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A large out-of-bounds read on the heap vulnerability in...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 6, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

3.800%
(92nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-8334

GHSA ID

GHSA-9x9p-7f3c-4rvq

Source code

No known source code

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