PT-2017-2669 · Adobe+1 · Acrobat+2

Published 2017-08-08 · Updated 2019-03-14 · CVE-2017-11211

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 versions prior to 2017.009.20058 Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2017.008.30051 Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2015.006.30306 Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 11.0.20 Adobe Reader versions prior to 2017.009.20058 Adobe Reader versions prior to 2017.008.30051 Adobe Reader versions prior to 2015.006.30306 Adobe Reader versions prior to 11.0.20 Foxit Reader (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a heap overflow in the JPEG parser, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved by exploiting the vulnerability in the JPEG parsing component of the affected software.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2017.009.20058, update to a version later than 2017.009.20058 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2017.008.30051, update to a version later than 2017.008.30051 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2015.006.30306, update to a version later than 2015.006.30306 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 11.0.20, update to a version later than 11.0.20 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Reader versions prior to 2017.009.20058, update to a version later than 2017.009.20058 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Reader versions prior to 2017.008.30051, update to a version later than 2017.008.30051 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Reader versions prior to 2015.006.30306, update to a version later than 2015.006.30306 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Reader versions prior to 11.0.20, update to a version later than 11.0.20 to resolve the issue. For Foxit Reader, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01897

CVE-2017-11211

ZDI-17-579

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

Foxit Reader

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-579 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11211 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01897 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11211 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100180 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-579 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039098 · Note