CVE-2016-8385 (GCVE-0-2016-8385)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-27 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:20
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
- PDF Code Execution
Assigner
References
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Date Public ?
2017-02-27 00:00
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Nomenclature
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