PT-2016-1029 · Adobe · Acrobat+2

Jaanus · Published 2016-01-07 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2016-0938

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the AcroForm plugin of Adobe Reader and Acrobat. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption).

Recommendations For Adobe Reader, update to a version that fixes the buffer overflow issue in the AcroForm plugin. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that fixes the buffer overflow issue in the AcroForm plugin. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00095

CVE-2016-0938

ZDI-16-013

Affected Products

Acroform Plugin

Acrobat

Reader

References · 8

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0938 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-013 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00095 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0938 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-013 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034646 · Note