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CVE-2017-16368

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 11.0.22; from 17.0 through 17.011.30066
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from - through 17.012.20098; from 15.0 through 15.006.30355
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 11.0.22; from 17.0 through 17.011.30066
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from - through 17.012.20098; from 15.0 through 15.006.30355

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101816
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101816
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html

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