A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.8. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Heap-based). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
The weakness was presented 10/17/2018. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-12823 since 06/25/2018. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/18/2018).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5
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Class: Memory corruption / Heap-based (
CWE-122)
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Availability: No
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06/25/2018 CVE assigned10/17/2018 Advisory disclosed10/18/2018 VulDB entry created10/18/2018 VulDB last updateSources
Advisory:
helpx.adobe.comCVE:
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Created: 10/18/2018
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