CVE-2016-5646

Published: Jan 6, 2017Modified: May 6, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Binary File Format (CBFF) parser functionality of Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters library. A specially crafted CBFF file can cause a code execution. An attacker can send a malformed file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected (1)

Products: Lexmark: Perceptive Document Filters

1 product

Perceptive Document Filters

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters	Version 11.2.0.1732

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (2)

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

Source: cret@cert.org

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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