PT-2018-3737 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2018-12-11 · Updated 2019-08-21 · CVE-2018-16016

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 2019.008.20081 Adobe Acrobat Reader versions prior to 2019.008.20081 Adobe Acrobat 2017 versions prior to 2017.011.30106 Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 versions prior to 2017.011.30106 Adobe Acrobat 2015 versions prior to 2015.006.30457 Adobe Acrobat Reader 2015 versions prior to 2015.006.30456

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in memory. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2019, update to a version later than 2019.008.20081. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2017, update to a version later than 2017.011.30106. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2015, update to a version later than 2015.006.30457. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to PDF files from untrusted sources until a patch is applied.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-04092

CVE-2018-16016

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Reader

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16016 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-41.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-04092 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106172 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16016 · Note