PT-2017-14384 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2017-11-14 · Updated 2017-12-15 · CVE-2017-16371

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 caused by an untrusted pointer dereference in the JavaScript engine, allowing an attack to result in sensitive data exposure. This occurs when the input is crafted to compute pointers to memory locations outside the relevant process address space, resulting in a read operation. The vulnerability also enables attackers to execute code remotely.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16371

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-2017-16371 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16371 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101813 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039791 · Note