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CVE-2017-11270

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2017-08-11
WeaknessCWE-119

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

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 image conversion engine when processing Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) private data representing icons. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2017-08-1119:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-11270?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-11270?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Adobe acrobatversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
11.0	≥ 11.0.0, ≤ 11.0.20	no fix published	NVD
17.11	≥ 17.011.00000, ≤ 17.011.30066	no fix published	NVD

Adobe acrobat dcversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
15.6	≥ 15.006.30060, ≤ 15.006.30306	no fix published	NVD
17.9	≥ 15.007.20033, ≤ 17.009.20058	no fix published	NVD

Adobe acrobat reader dcversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
15.6	≥ 15.006.30060, ≤ 15.006.30306	no fix published	NVD
17.9	≥ 15.007.20033, ≤ 17.009.20058	no fix published	NVD

2 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

helpx.adobe.comPatch · Vendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.08.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-119read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score6.9 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2017-08-11
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11270?

Is CVE-2017-11270 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-11270 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 6.9% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-11270?

CVE-2017-11270 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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