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CVE-2017-16398

CRITICAL

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 is an instance of a use after free vulnerability in the JavaScript engine. The mismatch between an old and a new object can provide an attacker with unintended memory access -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Published: Dec 9, 2017 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-416

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

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

Affected Products (8)

Vendor Product Version
adobe acrobat *
adobe acrobat * ≥ 17.0
adobe acrobat_dc * ≥ -
adobe acrobat_dc * ≥ 15.0
adobe acrobat_reader *
adobe acrobat_reader * ≥ 17.0
adobe acrobat_reader_dc * ≥ -
adobe acrobat_reader_dc * ≥ 15.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-jxjw-p472-87g9

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 9.18%

Top 5% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 42 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub