CVE-2017-16406

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. This vulnerability is an instance of a type confusion vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type, leading to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads, writes, or frees -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attack.

• CWE-125

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Dec 9, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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