PT-2017-1823 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2017-04-06 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2017-3054

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 Reader versions 11.0.19 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.006.30280 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.023.20070 and earlier

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the memory, related to the manipulation of EMF files, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by exploiting the memory corruption vulnerability in the image conversion engine.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 11.0.19 and earlier, update to a version later than 11.0.19 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.006.30280 and earlier, update to a version later than 15.006.30280 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.023.20070 and earlier, update to a version later than 15.023.20070 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of EMF files in Adobe Acrobat Reader until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00979

CVE-2017-3054

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00979 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-11.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3054 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3054 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97556 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038228 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3054 · Note