PT-2016-1028 · Adobe · Acrobat+3

Jaanus · Published 2016-01-07 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2016-0939

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Reader version not specified Adobe Acrobat version not specified Adobe Reader Document Cloud version not specified Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud version not specified

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in Adobe PDF viewer and editor applications. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, such as dereferencing an uninitialized pointer or memory corruption.

Recommendations For Adobe Reader, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. For Adobe Reader Document Cloud, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. For Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to PDF files from untrusted sources until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00094

CVE-2016-0939

ZDI-16-015

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Document Cloud

Reader

Reader Document Cloud

References · 8

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-015 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00094 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0939 · Security Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-015 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034646 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0939 · Note