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CVE-2017-2978

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-02-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 4.5.3 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

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

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.3 and earlier contain a buffer over-read vulnerability that could allow an attacker to read sensitive information from memory beyond the intended buffer boundaries, leading to potential information disclosure.

MitigationUpgrade Adobe Digital Editions to a patched version newer than 4.5.3 to remediate this vulnerability.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Digital EditionsApplication
Affected:<= 4.5.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check if Adobe Digital Editions is installed
    On Windows, check for the presence of the application in 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions' or review Add/Remove Programs. On Mac, check '/Applications/Adobe Digital Editions.app'
    Affected if Adobe Digital Editions software is present on the system
  2. Locate the installed version number
    On Windows, right-click the Digital Editions executable in the installation folder, select Properties, and view the File Version on the Details tab. Alternatively, open Digital Editions and navigate to Help > About Adobe Digital Editions to display the version
    Affected if Unable to determine the version number from the application or its files
  3. Compare the installed version against the affected range
    Match the discovered version number to the affected range: any version 4.5.3 or earlier is vulnerable. Versions 4.5.4 and later are patched
    Affected if The installed version is 4.5.3 or any earlier version (e.g., 4.5.2, 4.5.1, 4.0, etc.)

If Adobe Digital Editions is installed and the version is 4.5.3 or earlier, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 4.5.3
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Adobe Digital Editions to a patched version newer than 4.5.3 to remediate this vulnerability.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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