Memory corruption in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2017-11238
Published: August 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7816
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11238
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to boundary error in the image conversion engine when processing Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) data related to curve drawing. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and read arbitrary files on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
The weakness exists due to boundary error in the image conversion engine when processing Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) data related to curve drawing. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and read arbitrary files on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
Affected software
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11238
Update Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC to version 2015.006.30352 or 2017.012.20093.
Update Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat Reader 2017 to version 2017.011.30059.
Update Acrobat XI and Reader XI to version 11.21.
Update Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat Reader 2017 to version 2017.011.30059.
Update Acrobat XI and Reader XI to version 11.21.