CVE-2016-6169: Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF 7.3.4.311 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code via the Bezier data in a crafted PDF file.

Affected products

• Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader: up to and including 7.3.4.311
• Foxitsoftware Phantompdf: up to and including 7.3.4.311

Published 2018-02-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.