#VU7821 Memory corruption in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2017-11217 

 

#VU7821 Memory corruption in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2017-11217

Published: August 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7821
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11217
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Software vendor:
Adobe

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to boundary error when processing Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) data related to drawing of Unicode text strings. 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.

Remediation

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.

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