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CVE-2019-8017 in the critical feed json

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and ea…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-17475

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.3%
EPSS 13.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2019.012.20035 and earlier, 2017.011.30142 and earlier, 2017.011.30143 and earlier, 2015.006.30497 and earlier, and 2015.006.30498 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .

Patch / fix

  • adobe acrobat_dc 15.006.30499, 17.011.30144, 19.012.20036
  • adobe acrobat_reader_dc 15.006.30499, 17.011.30144, 19.012.20036

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-47260)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47260 Adobe Acrobat CoolType (AFDKO) - Call from Uninitialized Memory due to Empty FDArray in Type 1 Fonts dos, 2019-08-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Adobe Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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