CVE-2016-8387 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Iceni Argus. It can be triggered when processing a specially crafted PDF containing an object with multiple encoding types, specifically one terminating with LZW encoding, due to a lack of bounds checking in the LZW decoder. This flaw allows for potential arbitrary code execution under the user's context. While the CVSS score is 7.8 (High), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.6.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iceni:argus:6.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.