PT-2017-14386 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2017-11-14 · Updated 2017-12-15 · CVE-2017-16373

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, where crafted input results in pointers to memory locations outside the relevant process address space. This dereferencing operation is a read operation, potentially leading to sensitive data exposure. Additionally, this vulnerability 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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16373

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16373 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16373 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16373 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101813 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039791 · Note