CVE-2016-4060
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 cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- 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 cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4060- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4060- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5061 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5061- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r5jp-8mpf-h3q2
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 cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-r5jp-8mpf-h3q2- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2016-4060 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) 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 1.27%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.