Vulnerability CVE-2017-16419
Published: 2017-12-09

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-674

 (Uncontrolled Recursion)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Adobe -> Acrobat 
Adobe -> Acrobat dc 
Adobe -> Acrobat reader 
Adobe -> Acrobat reader dc 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101817
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html
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