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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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.18/15.006.30244/15.020.20042. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Image Conversion Engine. This manipulation as part of TIFF File causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-2966. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.18/15.006.30244/15.020.20042 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality 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 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 heap overflow vulnerability in the image conversion engine related to parsing malformed TIFF segments. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 01/10/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/05/2017 by Steven Seeley with Nanyang Technological University as APSB17-01 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-2966 since 12/02/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370277 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-01)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96455) and SecurityFocus (BID 95344†). The entries VDB-95140, VDB-95141, VDB-95142 and VDB-95143 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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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12/02/2016 🔍
01/05/2017 +34 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-01
Researcher: Steven Seeley
Organization: Nanyang Technological University
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95167

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SecurityFocus: 95344 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Unspecified Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2966 - Adobe - Multiple Products - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037574

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2017 09:43
Updated: 09/01/2024 16:23
Changes: 01/11/2017 09:43 (82), 08/26/2020 09:22 (2), 10/28/2022 10:56 (3), 09/01/2024 16:23 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:0B8:103

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