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 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.
Published: 2017-12-09
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 4.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7592 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.
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Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Dc Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader Dc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:03.347Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-16398

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-09T06:29:02.287

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

Link: CVE-2017-16398

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