CVE-2017-16398 — Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
4.6%
top 10.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateMay 17

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 exp…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.0 — 17.011.30066+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc- — 17.012.20098+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.0 — 17.011.30066+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc- — 17.012.20098+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-jxjw-p472-87g9: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16398: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017↗2017-12-09
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Unit42
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research November 2017 Disclosures - Adobe↗2017-12-06
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Unit42
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Vulnerability Research November 2017 Disclosures - Adobe↗2017-12-06
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Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 40 new vulnerabilities for Adobe Fl↗
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