Adobe Media Encoder < 23.6.6 / 24.0.0 < 24.4.1 Memory leak (APSB24-34) (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200356

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Synopsis

The Adobe Media Encoder instance installed on the remote host is affected by a memory leak vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Media Encoder installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 23.6.6, 24.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB24-34 advisory.

- Media Encoder versions 23.6.5, 24.3 and earlier Answer: are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2024-30278)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Media Encoder version 23.6.6, 24.4.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200356

File Name: macos_adobe_media_encoder_apsb24-34.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 6/11/2024

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-30278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:media_encoder

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe Media Encoder

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-30278

CWE: 125

IAVA: 2024-A-0351-S

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