Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.0 Memory Corruption (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 72172

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Synopsis

The version of Adobe Digital Editions on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 2.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a memory corruption vulnerability related to handling embedded font streams, such as those in PDF files, that could allow denial of service attacks and possibly arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 72172

File Name: macosx_adobe_digital_editions_apsb13-20.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/28/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1377

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/Adobe Digital Editions/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1377

BID: 61528

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