CVE-2016-4336

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write exists in the Bzip2 parsing of the Lexmark Perspective Document Filters conversion functionality. A crafted Bzip2 document can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow causing an out-of-bounds write which under the right circumstance could potentially be leveraged by an attacker to gain arbitrary code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Lexmark	Perceptive Document Filters	n/a

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0173/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0173/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Jan 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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