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    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.

    Published:Feb 28, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Feb 28, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00129
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Iceni
    Product
    Argus

    Exploits

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

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

    Related CVEs

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High