PT-2017-1840 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2017-04-06 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2017-3036

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 PCX file format processing. This can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by exploiting the memory corruption vulnerability. The vulnerability is related to image conversion and the processing of the PCX file format.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat Reader version 11.0.19 and earlier, update to a version later than 11.0.19 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader version 15.006.30280 and earlier, update to a version later than 15.006.30280 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader version 15.023.20070 and earlier, update to a version later than 15.023.20070 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the PCX file format processing in Adobe Acrobat Reader until a patch is available.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00996

CVE-2017-3036

ZDI-17-262

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 9

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-11.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3036 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00996 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-262 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3036 · Vendor Advisory
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-262 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97556 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038228 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3036 · Note