CVE-2017-16416

high

Published 2017-12-09 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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. The vulnerability is caused by a computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is part of the image conversion module that handles Enhanced Metafile Format Plus (EMF+) data. The vulnerability is a result of an out of range pointer offset that is used to access sub-elements of an internal data structure. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	acrobat	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.22"}`
adobe	acrobat_dc	`{"startIncluding":"-","endIncluding":"17.012.20098"}`
adobe	acrobat_reader	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.22"}`
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	`{"startIncluding":"-","endIncluding":"17.012.20098"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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