Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.8 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.8. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-12816. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.8 (Ebook Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below have an out of bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

The bug was discovered 10/09/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/17/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-12816 since 06/25/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118084 (Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-27) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371254 (Adobe Security Update for Digital Editions (APSB18-27)).

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 (118084) and SecurityFocus (BID 105532†). The entries VDB-122022, VDB-125715, VDB-125716 and VDB-125718 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 118084
Nessus Name: Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-27) (macOS)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/25/2018 🔍
10/09/2018 +106 days 🔍
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04/05/2020 +535 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-12816 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12816
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125717
SecurityFocus: 105532 - Adobe Digital Editions Out-of-bounds Read APSB18-27 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2018 06:53
Updated: 04/05/2020 09:29
Changes: 10/18/2018 06:53 (70), 04/05/2020 09:29 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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