Adobe Acrobat Reader Pointer Dereference memory corruption [CVE-2019-16460]
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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30505/2017.011.30152/2019.021.20056 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Pointer Dereference). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was published 12/10/2019 as APSB19-55 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-16460. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/11/2019).
Upgrading to version 2015.006.30508, 2017.011.30156 or 2019.021.20058 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Additional details are provided at blogs.adobe.com. Similar entries are available at 146948, 146949, 146950 and 146951.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: π
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Class: Memory corruption / Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
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Remote: Yes
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30508/2017.011.30156/2019.021.20058
12/10/2019 Advisory disclosed
12/10/2019 Countermeasure disclosed
12/11/2019 VulDB entry created
12/11/2019 VulDB last updateVendor: adobe.com
Advisory: APSB19-55
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-16460 (π)
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Created: 12/11/2019 05:01 PM
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