CVE-2016-4059
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote...
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FlateDecode stream in a PDF document.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FlateDecode stream in a PDF document.
- Record
CVE-2016-4059- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FlateDecode stream in a PDF document.
- Record
CVE-2016-4059- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5060 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FlateDecode stream in a PDF document.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5060- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v6cw-hw9c-c3gc
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote...
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FlateDecode stream in a PDF document.
- Record
GHSA-v6cw-hw9c-c3gc- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4059 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published April 22, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.41%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.