sandi-go/cve-2018-15968Technical disclosure of CVE-2018-15968: an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe Reader's PDF parsing, enabling information disclosure and potential code execution via crafted PDF files.
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious PDF file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of malformed PDF file. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process.
CVE-2018-15968
Ashfaq Ansari - Project Srishti
