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CVE-2017-16404

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
09/12/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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. The vulnerability is caused by a computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is part of processing Enhanced Metafile Format Plus (EMF+). The vulnerability is a result of an out of range pointer offset that is used to access sub-elements of an internal data structure. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 11.0.22 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 17.0 (including) 17.011.30066 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* -17.012.20098 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 15.0 (including) 15.006.30355 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 11.0.22 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 17.0 (including) 17.011.30066 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* -17.012.20098 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 15.0 (including) 15.006.30355 (including)

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