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FKIE_CVE-2016-8389

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 integer-overflow vulnerability exists within Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a malformed PDF to XML, it will attempt to convert each character from a font into a polygon and then attempt to rasterize these shapes. As the application attempts to iterate through the rows and initializing the polygon shape in the buffer, it will write outside of the bounds of said buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the account running it.

References

URL	Tags
talos-cna@cisco.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96469	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
talos-cna@cisco.com	http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0214/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96469	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0214/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	iceni	argus	6.6.04

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CVE-2016-8389 (GCVE-0-2016-8389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:20

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Integer Overflow

Assigner

talos CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 60/100 over 48 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96469	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Iceni	Argus	Affected: 6.6.04 (Sep 7 2012) NK

Date Public

2017-02-27 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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