Out-of-bounds Read in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2017-16374

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 buffer over-read in the JPEG 2000 module. An invalid JPEG 2000 input code stream leads to a computation where the pointer arithmetic results in a location outside valid memory locations belonging to the buffer. An attack can be used to obtain sensitive information, such as object heap addresses, etc.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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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: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-16374: held from 0.069 to 0.069.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.069 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16374?
CVE-2017-16374 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-16374?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.