SB2016121308 - Two vulnerabilities in Adobe Digital Editions

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SB2016121308 - Two vulnerabilities in Adobe Digital Editions

Published: December 13, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016121308
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7889)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to unknown error when parsing specially crafted XML entities. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted XML file and obtain potentially sensitive information

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result information disclosure.


2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7888)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and cause denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can cause memory address leak.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result information disclosure and DoS attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References