First published: Sat Dec 09 2017(Updated: )
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 occurs as a result of a computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer; the computation is part of the Adobe graphics module responsible for displaying textual data. The use of an invalid (out-of-range) pointer offset during access of internal data structure fields causes the vulnerability. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure.
Credit: psirt@adobe.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=11.0.22 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | >=17.0<=17.011.30066 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | >=-<=17.012.20098 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | >=15.0<=15.006.30355 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader Notification Manager | <=11.0.22 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader Notification Manager | >=17.0<=17.011.30066 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader Notification Manager | >=-<=17.012.20098 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader Notification Manager | >=15.0<=15.006.30355 |
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CVE-2017-16409 has been assigned a severity rating of critical due to the potential for remote code execution.
To fix CVE-2017-16409, you should update Adobe Acrobat and Reader to the latest version provided by Adobe.
CVE-2017-16409 affects Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions prior to 2017.012.20098 and similar versions of Reader.
The potential impacts of CVE-2017-16409 include unexpected application behavior and the possibility of arbitrary code execution which could compromise user systems.
While the main mitigation for CVE-2017-16409 is to update, disabling JavaScript in Adobe applications may provide temporary relief.