CVE-2017-16417 is a critical out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader, affecting multiple versions including 2017.012.20098 and earlier. This flaw, residing in the font parsing module, allows an attacker to read data beyond the intended buffer by using an invalid pointer offset. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), successful exploitation can lead to sensitive data exposure. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, <= 17.011.30066CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= -, <= 17.012.20098CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.0, <= 15.006.30355CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 11.0.22CPE 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.