PT-2016-2843 · Adobe · Acrobat+3

Published 2016-10-06 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-6977

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Reader versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Acrobat versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Reader Document Cloud versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing 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 memory corruption issue. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that fixes the memory corruption issue. For Adobe Reader Document Cloud, update to a version that fixes the memory corruption issue. For Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, update to a version that fixes the memory corruption 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:2016-02274

CVE-2016-6977

ZDI-16-543

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Document Cloud

Reader

Reader Document Cloud

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-543 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6977 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02274 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6977 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93496 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036986 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6977 · Note