Advisory Details

June 26th, 2018

Adobe Photoshop JPEG2000 Image Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-18-596
ZDI-CAN-5750

CVE ID CVE-2018-4946
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Photoshop
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Photoshop. 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 files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute 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/photoshop/apsb18-17.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-03-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2018-06-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2018-06-26 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT Giwan Go
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