Advisory Details

June 13th, 2017

Adobe Digital Editions PDF FlateDecode Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-4263
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 ['24478']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 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 FlateDecode. A specially crafted PDF with a specific FlateDecode stream can force a dangling pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under 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/apsb16-28.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2017-06-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Mario Gomes(@NetFuzzer)

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