CVE-2016-8387: Iceni Argus

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 code execution under the context of the account of the user running it.

Affected products

• Iceni Argus: version 6.6.04 only

Published 2017-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.