FKIE_CVE-2016-8388

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-28 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:54
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An exploitable arbitrary heap-overwrite vulnerability exists within Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a malformed PDF to XML, it will explicitly trust an index within the specific font object and use it to write the font's name to a single object within an array of objects.
References
talos-cna@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
talos-cna@cisco.comhttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0213/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0213/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
iceni argus 6.6.04
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            }
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      ],
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  "id": "CVE-2016-8388",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:54:15.860",
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