What is CVE-2016-4335?

CVE-2016-4335 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-4335?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters

CVE-2016-4335

An exploitable buffer overflow exists in the XLS parsing of the Lexmark Perspective Document Filters conversion functionality. A crafted XLS document can lead to a stack based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-01-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0172/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92425 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4335?: CVE-2016-4335 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-4335?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.