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 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0213/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:iceni:argus:6.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

13 Dec 2022, 21:28

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472 -~~	(BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472 - Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Information

Published : 2017-02-28 15:59

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:11

NVD link : CVE-2016-8388

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8388

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8388

JSON object : View

Products Affected

iceni

argus

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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