A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Digital Editions up to 4.5.8. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Heap-based). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. This is going to have an impact on 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 published 10/17/2018. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-12813 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.

Similar entries are available at 125716, 125717, 125718 and 125719.

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CVSSv3

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Exploiting

Class: Memory corruption / Heap-based (CWE-122)
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-2018-12813 (🔒)
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Entry

Created: 10/18/2018
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