{"id":"CVE-2016-8386","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8386","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:49:37.926Z","title":"An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus.","description":"An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a PDF containing a malformed font to XML, the tool will attempt to use a size out of the font to search through a linked list of buffers to return. Due to a signedness issue, a buffer smaller than the requested size will be returned. Later when the tool tries to populate this buffer, the overflow will occur which can lead to code execution under the context of the user running the tool.","published":"2017-02-27T21:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["iceni/argus"],"epss":{"score":0.0225,"percentile":0.82809,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0211/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96472","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0211/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8386","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}