{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16368 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16368 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2017-16368 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 9 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-16368 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-16368 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 9 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16368 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Adobe Acrobat. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16368/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-16368","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16368/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-16368","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7g56-cv4j-cq85"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Adobe Acrobat Reader","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution via a stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader triggered by a crafted PDF file.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"adobe","cpe":[{"product":"acrobat","vendor":"adobe"},{"product":"acrobat_dc","vendor":"adobe"},{"product":"acrobat_reader","vendor":"adobe"},{"product":"acrobat_reader_dc","vendor":"adobe"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-119","name":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer"}],"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. This vulnerability leads to a stack-based buffer overflow condition in the internal Unicode string manipulation module. It is triggered by an invalid PDF file, where a crafted Unicode string causes an out of bounds memory access of a stack allocated buffer, due to improper checks when manipulating an offset of a pointer to the buffer. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability and achieve arbitrary code execution if they can effectively control the accessible memory.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, 11.0.22 and earlier versions","id":"CVE-2017-16368","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"adobe:acrobat","products":["adobe:acrobat","adobe:acrobat_dc","adobe:acrobat_reader","adobe:acrobat_reader_dc"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, 11.0.22 and earlier versions","id":"CVE-2017-16369"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, 11.0.22 and earlier versions","id":"CVE-2017-16367"},"products":["Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, 11.0.22 and earlier versions"],"published":"2017-12-09","related":[{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2021-28550","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-09-02"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2021-21017","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass","id":"CVE-2014-0546","kev_date_added":"2022-05-25","published":"2014-08-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2014-0496","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2014-01-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2013-3346","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2013-08-30"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Integer Overflow","id":"CVE-2013-2729","kev_date_added":"2022-03-28","published":"2013-05-16"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Adobe Reader and Acrobat Universal 3D Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2011-2462","kev_date_added":"2022-06-08","published":"2011-12-07"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can achieve arbitrary code execution via a stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader triggered by a crafted PDF file.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16368/"}