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.

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

EPSS: 0.022 (80.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Antenna House Antennahouse — versions DMC HTMLFilter shipped with MarkLogic 8.0-5.5
Marklogic — versions 8.0-5.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2016-8383

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.