Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.18/15.006.30244/15.020.20042 Image Conversion Engine TIFF File memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.18/15.006.30244/15.020.20042 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Image Conversion Engine. The manipulation as part of a TIFF File leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/10/2017. The weakness was shared 01/05/2017 by Ke Liu (Basti) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB17-01 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-2963 since 12/02/2016. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/28/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96455 (Adobe Reader < 11.0.19 / 15.006.30279 / 15.023.20053 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-01) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (96455). The entries 95140, 95141, 95142 and 95143 are related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 96455
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader < 11.0.19 / 15.006.30279 / 15.023.20053 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-01) (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 103337
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb17-01)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-01
Researcher: Ke Liu (Basti)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2963 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037574
SecurityFocus: 95345 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-01 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2963 - Adobe - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue

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Created: 01/11/2017 09:42 AM
Updated: 10/28/2022 10:40 AM
Changes: 01/11/2017 09:42 AM (81), 08/26/2020 09:25 AM (3), 10/28/2022 10:40 AM (3)
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