CVE-2017-11236

high-risk

Published 2017-08-11

Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the internal handling of UTF-16 literal strings. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Do I need to act?

12.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Acrobat

Acrobat Dc

Acrobat Reader

Acrobat Reader Dc

Reader

Affected Vendors

Adobe

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100184

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039098

Patch https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100184

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039098

Patch https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html

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high-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 12/34 · Low

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate