CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-16391

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat and Reader related to untrusted input used to calculate an array index in the printing functionality. This can lead to writing to a memory location outside the process's address space.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may allow attackers to write data to unauthorized memory areas, potentially leading to unauthorized access or application instability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Adobe Acrobat and Reader to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized activities.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.012.20098 and earlier, 2017.011.30066 and earlier, 2015.006.30355 and earlier, and 11.0.22 and earlier.

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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. The vulnerability is a result of untrusted input that is used to calculate an array index; the calculation occurs in the printing functionality. The vulnerability leads to an operation that can write to a memory location that is outside of the memory addresses allocated for the data structure. The specific scenario leads to a write access to a memory location that does not belong to the relevant process address space.

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