VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-16367

This vulnerability is an instance of a type confusion overflow vulnerability.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 6.72%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 overflow vulnerability. The vulnerability leads to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads or writes -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack.

CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 6.72% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-704
Affected: adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat dc · adobe/acrobat reader · adobe/acrobat reader dc
Source: psirt@adobe.com

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.htmlVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.