CVE-2016-8386
HIGHIceni Argus - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Malformed PDF Font Conversion
Title source: llmDescription
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a PDF containing a malformed font to XML, the tool will attempt to use a size out of the font to search through a linked list of buffers to return. Due to a signedness issue, a buffer smaller than the requested size will be returned. Later when the tool tries to populate this buffer, the overflow will occur which can lead to code execution under the context of the user running the tool.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0211/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0225
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (2)
iceni/argus
6.6.04
Iceni/Argus
6.6.04 (Sep 7 2012) NK
Published
Feb 27, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026