CVE-2017-3094
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 · uneditedAdobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.4 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the PDF processing engine. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
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 · high confidenceAdobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.4 and earlier contain a memory corruption vulnerability in the PDF processing engine. The vulnerability allows attackers to corrupt memory via maliciously crafted PDF documents, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution on the affected system.
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<= 4.5.4CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Adobe Digital Editions installationFind the Adobe Digital Editions executable (commonly C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions\DigitalEditions.exe on Windows or /Applications/Adobe Digital Editions.app on macOS) and view its file properties to see the version numberAffected if The displayed version is 4.5.4 or any version lower than 4.5.4
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Check the application version via the UIOpen Adobe Digital Editions, then go to Help > About to display the installed versionAffected if The reported version is 4.5.4 or earlier
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Compare your version to the affected rangeNote the exact version number and compare it against the affected range: any version up to and including 4.5.4 is vulnerableAffected if Your installed version number is less than or equal to 4.5.4 (for example, 4.5.3, 4.5.2, 4.5.1, 4.5.0, or earlier)
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Verify the PDF processing component is presentConfirm Adobe Digital Editions is installed and functional - the PDF engine is built into the application and cannot be disabled separatelyAffected if Adobe Digital Editions is installed and capable of opening PDF documents
You are affected if Adobe Digital Editions version 4.5.4 or any earlier version is installed on your system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade Adobe Digital Editions to a version newer than 4.5.4. Apply the vendor patch through Adobe's official update mechanism or manually download the latest version.
Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.5 or later
- 1. Close Adobe Digital Editions if it is currently running
- 2. Navigate to the official Adobe Digital Editions download page at https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html
- 3. Download the latest version of Adobe Digital Editions (4.5.5 or later)
- 4. Run the installer and follow the prompts to install the updated version
- 5. After installation, verify the version by opening Digital Editions and checking Help > About Adobe Digital Editions
- 6. Confirm the installed version is 4.5.5 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-3094 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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