First published: Wed May 22 2019(Updated: )
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of charstring definitions in PostScript files. Crafted data in an PostScript file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
Credit: psirt@adobe.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Adobe Acrobat Dc | >=15.006.30060<=15.006.30495 | |
Adobe Acrobat Dc | >=15.008.20082<=19.010.20100 | |
Adobe Acrobat Dc | >=17.011.30056<=17.011.30140 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | >=15.006.30060<=15.006.30493 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | >=15.008.20082<=19.010.20099 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | >=17.011.30059<=17.011.30138 | |
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Microsoft Windows | ||
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC |
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CVE-2019-7798 is a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
To exploit CVE-2019-7798, the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
CVE-2019-7798 has a severity rating of 8.8 (high).
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC versions between 15.006.30060 and 15.006.30495, as well as versions between 15.008.20082 and 19.010.20100 are affected.
Apply the necessary security updates provided by Adobe to fix CVE-2019-7798.