PT-2017-14380 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2017-11-14 · Updated 2017-12-14 · CVE-2017-16367

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 Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.012.20098 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30066 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30355 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 11.0.22 and earlier

Description The issue is a type confusion overflow vulnerability that leads to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit this by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads or writes, potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. This vulnerability also allows attackers to execute code remotely.

Recommendations For versions 2017.012.20098 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.012.20098 to resolve the issue. For versions 2017.011.30066 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30066 to resolve the issue. For versions 2015.006.30355 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30355 to resolve the issue. For versions 11.0.22 and earlier, update to a version later than 11.0.22 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-704

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16367

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16367 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16367 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16367 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039791 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101815 · Note