An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. The issue is a stack exhaustion problem within the JavaScript API, where the computation does not correctly control the amount of recursion that can happen with respect to system resources.
Weakness
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acrobat | Adobe | * | 11.0.22 (including) |
| Acrobat | Adobe | 17.0 (including) | 17.011.30066 (including) |
| Acrobat_dc | Adobe | - (including) | 17.012.20098 (including) |
| Acrobat_dc | Adobe | 15.0 (including) | 15.006.30355 (including) |
| Acrobat_reader | Adobe | * | 11.0.22 (including) |
| Acrobat_reader | Adobe | 17.0 (including) | 17.011.30066 (including) |
| Acrobat_reader_dc | Adobe | - (including) | 17.012.20098 (including) |
| Acrobat_reader_dc | Adobe | 15.0 (including) | 15.006.30355 (including) |