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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.18/15.006.30244/15.020.20042. This affects an unknown function of the component Image Conversion. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-2972. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209344 (Adobe Reader < 15.006.30279 / 15.023.20053 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-01) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (209344) and SecurityFocus (BID 95690†). See VDB-95140, VDB-95141, VDB-95142 and VDB-95143 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 209344
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader < 15.006.30279 / 15.023.20053 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-01) (macOS)

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 🔍
01/20/2017 +49 days 🔍
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01/24/2017 +4 days 🔍
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-01 / ZDI-10-117
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2972 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95873
SecurityFocus: 95690 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-01 Multiple Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/25/2017 00:05
Updated: 05/14/2026 18:11
Changes: 01/25/2017 00:05 (71), 09/16/2019 14:35 (3), 10/21/2024 18:51 (18), 05/14/2026 18:11 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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