Advisory Details

December 12th, 2018

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Font Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-18-1383
ZDI-CAN-7147

CVE ID CVE-2018-16002
CVSS SCORE 4.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Acrobat Pro DC
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Pro 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 parsing of font files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in 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/apsb18-41.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-08-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2018-12-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2018-12-12 - Advisory Updated
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