Adobe Photoshop CC up to 2014 (15.2.2) (2014.2.2) memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Photoshop CC up to 2014 (15.2.2) (2014.2.2). It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-3111. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Photoshop CC up to 2014 (15.2.2) (2014.2.2) (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop CC before 16.0 (aka 2015.0.0) and Adobe Bridge CC before 6.11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 06/16/2015 by Francis Provencher with Protek Research Labs as APSB15-12 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-3111 since 04/09/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84403 (Adobe Photoshop CC Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-12)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123586 (Adobe Photoshop CC Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-12)).

Upgrading to version 16.0 (2015.0.0) eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37348), Tenable (84403), SecurityFocus (BID 75240†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032659†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50623†). The entries VDB-76010, VDB-76011 and VDB-76013 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84403
Nessus Name: Adobe Photoshop CC Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-12)
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OpenVAS ID: 801221
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Photoshop CC Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Photoshop CC 16.0 (2015.0.0)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-12
Researcher: Francis Provencher
Organization: Protek Research Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3111 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3111
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76012
SecurityFocus: 75240 - Adobe Photoshop CC CVE-2015-3111 Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032659 - Adobe Photoshop CC Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 50623 - [APSB15-12, APSB15-13] Adobe Photoshop CC and Bridge CC Remote Code Execution due to a Heap Overflow, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2015 10:35
Updated: 06/01/2025 17:11
Changes: 06/19/2015 10:35 (78), 07/01/2017 07:54 (4), 05/21/2022 12:07 (3), 06/01/2025 17:11 (23)
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