Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JPEG2000 File Parser out-of-bounds write

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component JPEG2000 File Parser. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-30279. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component JPEG2000 File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-30279 since 03/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/02/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

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• Acrobat Reader DC

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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