Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the image conversion engine when processing TIFF data related to the way how the components of each pixel are stored. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html | patch vendor advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039098 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100179 | third party advisory vdb entry |