CVE-2016-4062 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF due to improper error reporting in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-4062?
CVE-2016-4062 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published on 22 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows improperly report format errors recursively, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted PDF.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4062?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, Foxitsoftware Phantompdf.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4062?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-4062 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-4062 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4062 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader
Sources
Also known as GHSA-84jx-7wjj-rff7.