CVE-2017-16415

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    CVE-2017-16415

    Published: 9 Dec 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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 vulnerability is caused by a computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is a part of the functionality that handles font encodings. The vulnerability is a result of out of range pointer offset that is used to access sub-elements of an internal data structure. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html, , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101812, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High