Adobe Security Bulletin

Security updates available for Adobe Digital Editions | APSB17-39

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB17-39

November 14, 2017

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Digital Editions for Windows, Macintosh, iOS, and Android. This update addresses an XML external entity processing vulnerability rated critical that could lead to information disclosure, out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities that could lead to the disclosure of memory addresses and a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to the disclosure of memory addresses.

Affected product versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Digital Editions

4.5.6 and earlier versions

Windows, Macintosh, iOS and Android

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

Product Version Platform Priority Availability
Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.7 Windows 3 Download Page
Macintosh 3 Download Page
iOS 3 iTunes
Android 3 Playstore
Note:
  • Customers using Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.6 can download the update from the Adobe Digital Editions download page, or utilize the product’s update mechanism when prompted.
  • For more information, please reference the release notes.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Numbers

Unsafe parsing of XML External Entities

Information Disclosure

Critical

CVE-2017-11273

Out-of-bounds read

Memory address disclosure

Important

CVE-2017-11297

Out-of-bounds read

Memory address disclosure

Important

CVE-2017-11298

Out-of-bounds read

Memory address disclosure

Important

CVE-2017-11299

Out-of-bounds read

Memory address disclosure

Important

CVE-2017-11300

Memory Corruption

Memory address disclosure

Important

CVE-2017-11301

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Steven Seeley of Source Incite (CVE-2017-11273)
  • Jaanus Kääp, Clarified Security (CVE-2017-11297, CVE-2017-11298, CVE-2017-11299, CVE-2017-11300)
  • Riusksk of Tencent Security Platform Department (CVE-2017-11301)

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