Advisory Details

January 12th, 2016

Adobe Reader JPEG2000 Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-0936
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Acrobat Reader DC
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of PDFs that contain embedded JPEG2000 files. The issue lies in the failure to ensure that indexes are within the bounds of an allocated buffer. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-02.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-09-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-01-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Jaanus Kp Clarified Security

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