Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.15/11.0.12 AGM.dll memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.15/11.0.12 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part in the library AGM.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in AGM.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.16 and 11.x before 11.0.13, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30094, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.009.20069 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a multiple-layer PDF document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6696 and CVE-2015-6698.

The weakness was published 12/21/2015 with Zero Day Initiative as APSB15-24 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8458 since 12/02/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86402 (Adobe Acrobat <= 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-24)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86402) and SecurityFocus (BID 79208†). Similar entries are available at VDB-78392, VDB-78393, VDB-78394 and VDB-78395. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86402
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat <= 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-24)
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OpenVAS ID: 103192
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities - 01 October15 (Windows)
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-24
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8458 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8458
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79880
SecurityFocus: 79208 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2015-8458 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Created: 12/22/2015 10:18 AM
Updated: 07/01/2022 01:30 PM
Changes: 12/22/2015 10:18 AM (51), 04/07/2017 10:47 AM (15), 07/01/2022 01:30 PM (2)
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