A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.8. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Use-After-Free). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below have an use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was disclosed 10/17/2018. The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-12822 since 06/25/2018. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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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Exploiting

Class: Memory corruption / Use-After-Free (CWE-119)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: No

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Countermeasures

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timeline

06/25/2018 CVE assigned
10/17/2018 Advisory disclosed
10/18/2018 VulDB entry created
10/18/2018 VulDB last update

Sources

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com

CVE: CVE-2018-12822 (🔒)
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Entry

Created: 10/18/2018
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