CVE-2017-11251 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the JPEG 2000 parsing module of Adobe Acrobat Reader, affecting versions 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk where successful exploitation, typically through user interaction, could lead to arbitrary code execution. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild and no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a BleepingComputer article detailing Adobe's patch efforts.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0.0, <= 11.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.011.00000, <= 17.011.30066CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30306CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.007.20033, <= 17.009.20058CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.011.00000, <= 17.011.30066CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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