Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4256. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.1 (Ebook Software). This issue affects an unknown code block. 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 Digital Editions before 4.5.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4257, CVE-2016-4258, CVE-2016-4259, CVE-2016-4260, CVE-2016-4261, and CVE-2016-4262.

The weakness was shared 09/16/2016 by Ke Liu with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4256 since 04/27/2016. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/16/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93514 (Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-28) (Mac OS X)), 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 370130 (Adobe Digital Editions Memory Corruption Vulnerability (APSB16-28)).

Upgrading to version 4.5.2 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 (93514) and SecurityFocus (BID 92928†). The entries VDB-91650, VDB-91651, VDB-91652 and VDB-91653 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 93514
Nessus Name: Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-28) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 66515
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Digital Editions Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities Sep16 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Digital Editions 4.5.2

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04/27/2016 🔍
09/13/2016 +139 days 🔍
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09/16/2016 +1 days 🔍
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09/16/2022 +2189 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Ke Liu
Organization: Tencent
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-4256 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4256
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91649
SecurityFocus: 92928 - Adobe Digital Editions APSB16-28 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036793

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2016 09:58
Updated: 09/16/2022 19:33
Changes: 09/18/2016 09:58 (64), 04/18/2019 21:50 (15), 09/16/2022 19:33 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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