CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-16375

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An issue exists in Adobe Acrobat and Reader related to untrusted pointer dereference in the JavaScript API engine. An attacker can craft JavaScript input that leads to reading memory outside the process address space, potentially exposing sensitive data.

Risk Assessment

Exposure of sensitive data can lead to serious security breaches, including loss of confidentiality of information within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Adobe Acrobat and Reader to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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 issue is due to an untrusted pointer dereference in the JavaSscript API engine. In this scenario, the JavaScript input is crafted in way that the computation results in pointers to memory locations that do not belong to the relevant process address space. The dereferencing operation is a read operation, and an attack can result in sensitive data exposure.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS