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CVE-2017-3124

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3124 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the picture exchange (PCX) file format parsing module within Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier, affecting systems running Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft products. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.000.0000, < 15.006.30355CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 17.000.0000, <= 17.011.30066CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 17.000.0000, < 17.012.20098CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 15.000.0000, < 15.006.30355CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0830 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100179
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039098
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry