Advisory Details

May 10th, 2016

Adobe Reader DC JPEG2000 Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-1063
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 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 JPEG2000 images. A specially crafted JPEG2000 image embedded inside a PDF can force Adobe Reader DC to read memory past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary 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/apsb16-14.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-01-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-05-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	kdot

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