CVE record · CVE-2017-16368

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions…

CVSS 8.8 HighCriticalEPSS 0.13 · 96th percentile

Critical, because:

CVSS score 8.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.13 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: adobe) at 9 Dec 2017, 06:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	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	affected 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

Identifiers: CVE-2017-16368
CNA: adobe
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Tags: 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
Memory corruption
Published: 9 Dec 2017
Updated: 6 May 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.13, the 96th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Dec 2017. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791 vdb-entrysectrack
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html confirm
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101816 vdb-entrybid

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.