Advisory 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 XPS files. A crafted APP2 tag in an embedded JPEG file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

• 2018-10-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
• 2018-12-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory