PT-2017-14432 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2017-11-14 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-16419

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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 stack exhaustion problem within the JavaScript API, where the computation does not correctly control the amount of recursion that can happen with respect to system resources. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to excessive resource consumption.

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

DoS

Uncontrolled Recursion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-674

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16419

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16419 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16419 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101817 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039791 · Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html · Note