Iceni Argus PDF Inflate+LZW Decompression Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability(CVE-2016-8387)

Summary An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a malformed PDF with an object encoded w/ multiple encoding types terminating with an LZW encoded type, an overflow may occur due to a lack of bounds checking by the LZW decoder. This can lead to...

CVE-2016-8387

CVE-2016-8387 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in Iceni Argus during PDF to HTML conversion when decoding objects with multiple encodings ending in LZW. The overflow arises from missing bounds checking in the LZW decoder (ipLZWFeedCreate/ipLZWFeedRead paths), potentially enabling code execu...