Advisory Details

February 14th, 2017

Adobe Digital Editions PDF Font Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-2978
CVSS SCORE	4.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Digital Editions
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['26274']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Adobe Digital Editions. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of fonts inside PDF files. A crafted PDF can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb17-05.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-09-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2017-02-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Steven Seeley of Source Incite

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