High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-8388

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.

Affected products

Iceni/Argusv52 versions
6.6.04 (Sep 7 2012) NK+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 6.6.04 (Sep 7 2012) NK
- cpe:2.3:a:iceni:argus:6.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0213/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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