Heap Overflow Vulnerability in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters
CVE-2016-5646

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Lexmark

Status
Perceptive Document Filters
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2017

What is CVE-2016-5646?

A heap overflow vulnerability exists within the Compound Binary File Format (CBFF) parser of Lexmark's Perceptive Document Filters library. This flaw can be exploited when an attacker sends a specially crafted CBFF file, leading to potential arbitrary code execution. Proper validation and sanitization of input files are critical to mitigate this severe security risk.

Human OS v1.0:
Ageing Is an Unpatched Zero-Day Vulnerability.

Remediate biological technical debt. Prime Ageing uses 95% high-purity SIRT6 activation to maintain genomic integrity and bolster systemic resilience.

Deploy the Patch

Affected Version(s)

Perceptive Document Filters 11.2.0.1732

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0185/
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

JSON
.