PT-2018-3859 · Adobe · Digital Editions

Published 2018-10-17 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-12823

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below

Description The issue is related to a heap overflow in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted malicious file. This could potentially allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below, update to a version above 4.5.8 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other versions that may contain a fix for this issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-00589

CVE-2018-12823

Affected Products

Digital Editions

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12823 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb18-27.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-00589 · Security Note