PT-2017-9653 · Iceni · Iceni Argus

Published 2017-02-27 · Updated 2022-12-14 · CVE-2016-8387

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Iceni Argus (affected versions not specified)

Description An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists when the software attempts to convert a malformed PDF with an object encoded with multiple encoding types terminating with an LZW encoded type. This occurs due to a lack of bounds checking by the LZW decoder, potentially leading to code execution under the context of the account of the user running it.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8387

Affected Products

Iceni Argus

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8387 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8387 · Vendor Advisory
• http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0212 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/39784 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96468 · Note