Buffer overflow in Antenna House Antennahouse
CVE-2016-8383
An exploitable heap corruption vulnerability exists in the Doc_GetFontTable functionality of AntennaHouse DMC HTMLFilter. A specially crafted doc file can cause a heap corruption resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send/provide malicious doc file to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.020 · change: -0.002
Affected products
- Antenna House Antennahouse — versions DMC HTMLFilter shipped with MarkLogic 8.0-5.5
- Marklogic — versions 8.0-5.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0208 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8383?
- CVE-2016-8383 is a high-severity vulnerability in Antenna House Antennahouse, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8383?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-8383 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.