CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-5646

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Binary File Format (CBFF) parser functionality of the Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters library. A specially crafted CBFF file can lead to code execution.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can send a malicious file, potentially resulting in unauthorized code execution on the system, exposing the organization to serious security threats.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters library to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement file filtering for CBFF files before processing.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Binary File Format (CBFF) parser functionality of Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters library. A specially crafted CBFF file can cause a code execution. An attacker can send a malformed file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS