Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.18/15.006.30244/15.020.20042 Image Conversion 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) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Image Conversion. 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. The summary by CVE is:
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, 11.0.18 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the image conversion module related to JPEG parsing. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
The bug was discovered 01/20/2017. The weakness was presented 01/24/2017 by Aleksandar Nikolic with Zero Day Initiative as APSB17-01 / ZDI-10-117 as confirmed advisory (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2972 since 12/02/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/16/2019).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
See 95140, 95141, 95142 and 95143 for similar entries.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 11.0.0
- 11.0.01
- 11.0.02
- 11.0.03
- 11.0.04
- 11.0.05
- 11.0.06
- 11.0.07
- 11.0.08
- 11.0.09
- 11.0.10
- 11.0.11
- 11.0.12
- 11.0.13
- 11.0.14
- 11.0.15
- 11.0.16
- 11.0.17
- 11.0.18
- 15 Base
- 15.006.30060
- 15.006.30094
- 15.006.30096
- 15.006.30097
- 15.006.30119
- 15.006.30121
- 15.006.30172
- 15.006.30173
- 15.006.30174
- 15.006.30198
- 15.006.30201
- 15.006.30243
- 15.006.30244
- 15.008.20082
- 15.009.20069
- 15.009.20071
- 15.009.20077
- 15.009.20079
- 15.010.20056
- 15.010.20059
- 15.010.20060
- 15.016.20039
- 15.016.20041
- 15.016.20045
- 15.017.20050
- 15.017.20053
- 15.020.20039
- 15.020.20042
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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OpenVAS ID: 103337
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb17-01)-Windows
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB17-01 / ZDI-10-117
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2972 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 95690 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-01 Multiple Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 01/25/2017 00:05Updated: 09/16/2019 14:35
Changes: 01/25/2017 00:05 (71), 09/16/2019 14:35 (3)
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