Iceni Argus PDF TextToPolys Rasterization Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2016-8389)

Summary An exploitable integer-overflow vulnerability exists within Iceni Argus. When it attempts to convert a malformed PDF to XML, it will attempt to convert each character from a font into a polygon and then attempt to rasterize these shapes. When rasterizing these shapes, the tool will perfor...

CVE-2016-8389

CVE-2016-8389 affects Iceni Argus and is an exploitable integer-overflow vulnerability discovered in 2016. The issue occurs during PDF-to-XML conversion when text is converted to polygons and rasterized, leading to writes outside allocated buffers and potential code execution. Technical details f...