CVE-2017-16398
CriticalSummary
A vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat and Reader related to use after free in the JavaScript engine. This affects versions 2017.012.20098 and earlier, 2017.011.30066 and earlier, 2015.006.30355 and earlier, and 11.0.22 and earlier.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unintended memory access, potentially resulting in code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Adobe Acrobat and Reader to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.
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- CVE-2017-16377High
An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader related to improper access to an uninitialized pointer in the main DLL, leading to reads from an unexpected memory location. This affects versions 2017.012.20098 and earlier, 2017.011.30066 and earlier, 2015.006.30355 and earlier, and 11.0.22 and earlier.
- CVE-2017-16368High
A vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat and Reader leading to a stack-based buffer overflow in the Unicode string manipulation module. This issue affects versions 2017.012.20098 and earlier, 2017.011.30066 and earlier, 2015.006.30355 and earlier, and 11.0.22 and earlier.
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 vulnerability is an instance of a use after free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine. The mismatch between an old and a new object can provide an attacker with unintended memory access -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.