CVE-2017-16398

CRITICAL

Adobe Acrobat <2017.012.20098 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a use after free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine. The mismatch between an old and a new object can provide an attacker with unintended memory access -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101818
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0918
EPSS Percentile 94.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (7)
adobe/acrobat < 11.0.22
adobe/acrobat_dc - - 17.012.20098
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.0 - 15.006.30355
adobe/acrobat_reader < 11.0.22
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc - - 17.012.20098
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.0 - 15.006.30355
n/a/Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, 11.0.22 and earlier versions Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.
Published Dec 09, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026