High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8385
CVE-2016-8385
Description
An exploitable uninitialized variable vulnerability which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a malformed PDF to XML a stack variable will be left uninitialized which will later be used to fetch a length that is used in a copy operation. In most cases this will allow an aggressor to write outside the bounds of a stack buffer which is used to contain colors. This can lead to code execution under the context of the account running the tool.
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References
2- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0210/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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