Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader
CVE-2017-2960

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Adobe
Status
Adobe Acrobat Reader 15.020.20042 And Earlier, 15.006.30244 And Earlier, 11.0.18 And Earlier.
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 January 2017

Summary

The vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat Reader's image conversion engine, specifically in its handling of EXIF metadata. This memory corruption issue can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the affected systems when a specially crafted image file is processed.

Affected Version(s)

Adobe Acrobat Reader 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, 11.0.18 and earlier. Adobe Acrobat Reader 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, 11.0.18 and earlier.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95345
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-024
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037574
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

EPSS Score

10% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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