Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.4. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-11275. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.4 (Ebook Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.4 and earlier has an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 08/08/2017. The weakness was published 08/11/2017 by Steven Seeley (riusksk) with Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-11275 since 07/13/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102324 (Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370501 (Adobe Digital Editions Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (102324) and SecurityFocus (BID 100244†). Similar entries are available at VDB-105233, VDB-105234, VDB-105236 and VDB-105237. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 102324
Nessus Name: Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-27)
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OpenVAS ID: 801267
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Digital Editions Multiple Vulnerabilities Aug17 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Steven Seeley (riusksk)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-11275 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-11275
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105235
SecurityFocus: 100244 - Adobe Digital Editions APSB17-27 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039100

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2017 10:26
Updated: 01/09/2021 06:39
Changes: 08/12/2017 10:26 (71), 11/06/2019 13:37 (9), 01/09/2021 06:39 (2)
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