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 use after free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine. The mismatch between an old and a new object can provide an attacker with unintended memory access -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101818 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2017-12-09T06:00:00

Updated: 2017-12-09T10:57:01

Reserved: 2017-11-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-16398

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-12-09T06:29:02.287

Modified: 2017-12-15T15:25:57.443


Link: CVE-2017-16398

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