CVE-2016-8387
HighSummary
There is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Iceni Argus that can be exploited. The issue occurs when converting a malformed PDF, leading to a lack of bounds checking by the LZW decoder.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to code execution under the context of the user account, posing a serious security threat to the system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Iceni Argus to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures when processing PDF files.
Other vulnerabilities in Iceni Argus
See all- CVE-2016-8389High
An exploitable integer-overflow vulnerability exists within Iceni Argus when converting a malformed PDF to XML. The application attempts to convert each character from a font into a polygon, leading to writing outside the bounds of the buffer.
- CVE-2016-8388High
An exploitable arbitrary heap-overwrite vulnerability exists within Iceni Argus. The issue arises when converting a malformed PDF to XML, as the software trusts an index within the font object and uses it to write the font's name to an object within an array.
- CVE-2016-8386High
There is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Iceni Argus that can be exploited. The issue occurs when converting a PDF with a malformed font to XML, leading to a buffer smaller than the requested size being returned.
- CVE-2016-8385High
An exploitable uninitialized variable vulnerability leading to a stack-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus. The issue occurs when converting a malformed PDF to XML, allowing an attacker to write outside the bounds of a stack buffer.
Original NVD description (English source)
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a malformed PDF with an object encoded w/ multiple encoding types terminating with an LZW encoded type, an overflow may occur due to a lack of bounds checking by the LZW decoder. This can lead to code execution under the context of the account of the user running it.