Advisory Details

January 13th, 2022

Adobe Bridge JPEG2000 Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2021-45051
CVSS SCORE	3.3, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Bridge
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of of Adobe Bridge. 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 parsing of JPG2000 images. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the 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/bridge/apsb22-03.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2021-09-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2022-01-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

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