CVE-2016-4064
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and...
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted remerge call.
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 the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted remerge call.
- Record
CVE-2016-4064- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted remerge call.
- Record
CVE-2016-4064- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5065 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted remerge call.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5065- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7pj9-xcv7-m6qm
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and...
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA forms handling functionality in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 7.3.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted remerge call.
- Record
GHSA-7pj9-xcv7-m6qm- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-284
- 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-2016-4064 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 4.18%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.