Advisory Details

August 8th, 2017

Adobe Digital Editions ePub JPEG2000 Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-3091
CVSS SCORE	4.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Digital Editions
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 JPEG2000 images embedded in ePub files. The process does not properly validate user-supplied data which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. 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/apsb17-27.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-11-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2017-08-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Steven Seeley of Source Incite

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