CVE-2016-8386

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a PDF containing a malformed font to XML, the tool will attempt to use a size out of the font to search through a linked list of buffers to return. Due to a signedness issue, a buffer smaller than the requested size will be returned. Later when the tool tries to populate this buffer, the overflow will occur which can lead to code execution under the context of the user running the tool.

Affected products

Iceni Argus: 6.6.04

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0211/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0211/

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