Information disclosure in Adobe Digital Editions - CVE-2016-7889

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Information disclosure in Adobe Digital Editions - CVE-2016-7889

Published: December 14, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1308
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7889
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Digital Editions

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


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