CVE-2017-16406 — Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
8.7%
top 7.52%
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 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 uninte…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | 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-2q65-4cp8-mqj7: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-16406: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017↗2017-12-09
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 40 new vulnerabilities for Adobe Fl↗
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