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CVE-2017-16406

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.7% 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-125

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 type confusion vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type, leading to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads, writes, or frees -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attack.

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/101815
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html

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