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 vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type, leading to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads, writes, or frees -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attack.
Published: 2017-12-09
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 8.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7600 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 vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type, leading to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads, writes, or frees -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attack.
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Dc Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader Dc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:03.354Z

Reserved: 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16406

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-09T06:29:02.553

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-16406

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses