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CVE-2017-16419 Detail

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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. The issue is a stack exhaustion problem within the JavaScript API, where the computation does not correctly control the amount of recursion that can happen with respect to system resources.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM

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

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101817	Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791	Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html	Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE	Broken Link

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-674	Uncontrolled Recursion	NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

Initial Analysis by NIST 12/15/2017 1:05:53 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CWE		CWE-399
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::::::::* versions up to (including) 11.0.22 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::::::::* versions from (including) 17.0 up to (including) 17.011.30066 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous::: versions from (including) - up to (including) 17.012.20098 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::classic::: versions from (including) 15.0 up to (including) 15.006.30355 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader::::::::* versions up to (including) 11.0.22 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader::::::::* versions from (including) 17.0 up to (including) 17.011.30066 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous::: versions from (including) - up to (including) 17.012.20098 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::classic::: versions from (including) 15.0 up to (including) 15.006.30355
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101817 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101817 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html No Types Assigned	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html Broken Link

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16419
NVD Published Date:
12/09/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated

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CVE-2017-16419 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 10:16:27 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 5/14/2024 12:27:13 AM

CWE Remap by NIST 10/02/2019 8:03:26 PM

Initial Analysis by NIST 12/15/2017 1:05:53 PM

CVE Modified by Adobe Systems Incorporated 12/09/2017 9:29:04 PM

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