CVE-2016-8388

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 78th percentile

Published

2017-02-28

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0213/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-8386
• CVE-2016-8389
• CVE-2016-8385
• CVE-2016-8462
• CVE-2016-8380
• CVE-2016-8523