8.8high
CVE-2016-8388
An exploitable arbitrary heap-overwrite vulnerability exists within Iceni Argus.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.9%
percentile 79%
Public exploits
0
none known
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.87% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Iceni Argus
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/96472 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- talosintelligence.com /reports/TALOS-2016-0213/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8388
- NVD: CVE-2016-8388
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