An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.303…

published 2017-12-09 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7600

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.7%; EPSS 6.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 0; none known

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 type confusion vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type, leading to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads, writes, or frees -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attack.

Exploit prediction

6.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a 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

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1039791
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/101815
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-16406
NVD CVE-2017-16406

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Summary