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 leads to a stack-based buffer overflow condition in the internal Unicode string manipulation module. It is triggered by an invalid PDF file, where a crafted Unicode string causes an out of bounds memory access of a stack allocated buffer, due to improper checks when manipulating an offset of a pointer to the buffer. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability and achieve arbitrary code execution if they can effectively control the accessible memory.
Published: 2017-12-09
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 18.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-06T14:55:32.418Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-16368

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:02.673Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-09T06:29:01.227

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

Link: CVE-2017-16368

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No data.

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