PT-2016-2873 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2016-10-06 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-6947

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)

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 contains a fix for this issue. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. 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:2016-02304

CVE-2016-6947

ZDI-16-555

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6947 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02304 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-555 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6947 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6947 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93496 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036986 · Note