Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.3 and earlier have an exploitable buffer over-read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 4.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB17-05 advisory.

  - Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.3 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability.
    Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2017-2973)

  - Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.3 and earlier have an exploitable buffer over-read vulnerability.
    Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2017-2974, CVE-2017-2975,     CVE-2017-2976, CVE-2017-2977, CVE-2017-2978, CVE-2017-2979, CVE-2017-2980, CVE-2017-2981)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 4.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A heap buffer overflow condition exists that allows     an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2017-2973).

  - Multiple buffer overflow conditions exist that allow an     unauthenticated, remote attacker to disclose memory     contents. (CVE-2017-2974, CVE-2017-2975, CVE-2017-2976,     CVE-2017-2978, CVE-2017-2977, CVE-2017-2979,     CVE-2017-2980, CVE-2017-2981)

The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A heap buffer overflow condition exists that allows     an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2017-2973).

  - Multiple buffer overflow conditions exist that allow an     unauthenticated, remote attacker to disclose memory     contents. (CVE-2017-2974, CVE-2017-2975, CVE-2017-2976,     CVE-2017-2978, CVE-2017-2977, CVE-2017-2979,     CVE-2017-2980, CVE-2017-2981)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
209462	Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-05) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
97215	Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-05) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
97214	Adobe Digital Editions < 4.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-05)	Nessus	Windows	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2017-2978

high

Tenable Plugins

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critical

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