CVE-2016-8388

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8388
  • Assigner
  • talos-cna@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-28T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-12-13T21:28:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:iceni:argus:6.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0213/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8388
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8388
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-20 17:00:29 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:17:03 2017-02-28T15:59Z 2017-02-28T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:17:03 2022-04-19T20:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:17:03 Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-13 22:06:21 2022-12-13T21:28:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-13 22:06:21 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated