Memory corruption in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters
Priority LOW 38CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02023 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5646
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fr4q-m8p5-w8cv
References
More Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-03720 Out-of-bounds write in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-03719 Memory corruption in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2017-02043 Memory corruption in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-02042 Use after free in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-02027 Out-of-bounds read in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2016-5646 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-5646 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fr4q-m8p5-w8cv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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