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

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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Photoshop CC up to 2014 (15.2.2) (2014.2.2). It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-3112. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Photoshop CC up to 2014 (15.2.2) (2014.2.2) (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Adobe Photoshop CC before 16.0 (aka 2015.0.0) and Adobe Bridge CC before 6.11 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was presented 06/16/2015 by Francis Provencher with Protek Research Labs as APSB15-12 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Adobe. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-3112 since 04/09/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is available 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 75245†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032659†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50620†). See VDB-76010, VDB-76011 and VDB-76012 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Photoshop CC 16.0 (2015.0.0)
Timeline
04/09/2015 🔍06/16/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB15-12
Researcher: Francis Provencher
Organization: Protek Research Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-3112 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-3112
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76013
SecurityFocus: 75245 - Adobe Photoshop CC and Bridge CC CVE-2015-3112 Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032659 - Adobe Photoshop CC Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 50620 - [APSB15-12, APSB15-13] Adobe Photoshop CC and Bridge CC Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 06/19/2015 10:35Updated: 06/01/2025 09:03
Changes: 06/19/2015 10:35 (78), 07/01/2017 07:53 (4), 05/21/2022 12:14 (3), 06/01/2025 09:03 (23)
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