Adobe Photoshop CC memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Photoshop CC. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-0951. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Photoshop CC (Image Processing Software). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 before 15.2.4, Photoshop CC 2015 before 16.1.2, and Bridge CC before 6.2 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0952 and CVE-2016-0953.

The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2016 by Francis Provencher (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-0951 since 12/21/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Francis Provencher and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88718 (Adobe Bridge CC < 6.2 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB16-03)), 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 124692 (Adobe Photoshop CC and Bridge CC Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB16-03)).

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 Exploit-DB (39429), Tenable (88718), SecurityFocus (BID 83114†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56501†). The entries VDB-80893 and VDB-80894 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 up to 15.2.3
  • Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 up to 16.1.1
  • Adobe Bridge CC up to 6.1

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Francis Provencher
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Nessus ID: 88718
Nessus Name: Adobe Bridge CC < 6.2 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB16-03)
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OpenVAS ID: 803451
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Bridge CC Multiple Vulnerabilities Feb16
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Francis Provencher
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-0951 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0951
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80892
SecurityFocus: 83114 - Adobe Photoshop CC and Bridge CC APSB16-03 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034979
Vulnerability Center: 56501 - [APSB16-03] Adobe Photoshop CC and Bridge CC Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2016-0951, Critical

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

Created: 02/11/2016 09:05
Updated: 02/04/2025 21:17
Changes: 02/11/2016 09:05 (73), 08/22/2018 09:45 (19), 07/07/2022 16:36 (4), 02/04/2025 21:17 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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