CVE-2017-2940 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 15.020.20042 and earlier, 15.006.30244 and earlier, and 11.0.18 and earlier, specifically when processing JPEG 2000 files. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a successful exploit could lead to arbitrary code execution, typically requiring user interaction with a malicious file. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, it has received some community discussion and media coverage, including a BleepingComputer article.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.006.30244CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.020.20042CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.006.30244CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.020.20042CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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