CVE-2017-16406

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat and Reader <2017.012.20098 - Memory Corruption

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 type confusion vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type, leading to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads, writes, or frees -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attack.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0867
EPSS Percentile 92.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
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