Description
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: 2017-02-28
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9236 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:20:31.172Z

Reserved: 2016-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8388

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-28T15:59:00.173

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8388

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