CVE-2017-16419

moderate-risk

Published 2017-12-09

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. The issue is a stack exhaustion problem within the JavaScript API, where the computation does not correctly control the amount of recursion that can happen with respect to system resources.

Do I need to act?

2.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

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 (6)

Acrobat

Acrobat Dc

Acrobat Reader

Acrobat Reader Dc

Affected Vendors

Adobe

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101817

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791

Broken Link https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101817

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791

Broken Link https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal

Exposure 13/34 · Low