Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.010.20100 out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.010.20100 (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2019. The weakness was presented 05/14/2019 as APSB19-18 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-7142 since 01/28/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371777 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB19-18)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30497, 2017.011.30142 or 2019.012.20034 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The security bulletin contains the following remark:

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS. These updates address critical and important vulnerabilities.

Additional details are provided at blog.talosintelligence.com. See VDB-134755, VDB-134756, VDB-134757 and VDB-134758 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30497/2017.011.30142/2019.012.20034

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB19-18
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CVE: CVE-2019-7142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-7142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134788
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Created: 05/15/2019 08:32 AM
Updated: 06/15/2024 01:55 AM
Changes: 05/15/2019 08:32 AM (65), 06/10/2020 12:30 PM (3), 09/18/2023 07:45 AM (5), 06/15/2024 01:55 AM (16)
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