CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-8879.md

### [CVE-2016-8879](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8879)
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### Description

The thumbnail shell extension plugin (FoxitThumbnailHndlr_x86.dll) in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 8.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted JPEG2000 image embedded in a PDF document, aka an "Exploitable - Heap Corruption" issue.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

#### Github
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