What is CVE-2017-16360?

CVE-2017-16360 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-16360?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2017-16360

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 MakeAccessible plugin, when creating an internal data structure. 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.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2017-12-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.094 (95.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.094 · newest: 0.094 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat Dc
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc
Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 And Earlier Versions, 2017.011.30066 2015.006.30355 11.0.22 Versions — versions Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, 11.0.22 and earlier versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101818 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16360?: CVE-2017-16360 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-16360?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.