Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.4 and earlier contain an insecure library loading vulnerability.
Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.4 and earlier contain an insecure library loading vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to unsafe library loading of editor control library functions in the installer plugin. A successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Published
- Jun 20, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 8.5% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-427
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Action score
42
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 8.5%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | digital editions | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe digital editionsup to 4.5.4 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (adobe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.4 and earlier.
- Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.4 and earlier.affected
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-0954Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecif44Plan
- CVE-2019-7095Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.10.185749 and below have a heap overflow vulnerability.42Plan
- CVE-2018-12814Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below have a heap overflow vulnerability.42Plan
- CVE-2018-12813Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.8 and below have a heap overflow vulnerability.42Plan
- CVE-2017-11274Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.4 and earlier has an exploitable use after free vulnerability.42Plan
- CVE-2017-3090Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.4 and earlier contain an insecure library loading vulnerability.42Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path ElementCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
- Hijack Execution Flow:DLL search order hijackingT1574.001
- Hijack Execution Flow: Dylib HijackingT1574.004
- Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
- Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Search Order HijackingT1574.008
- Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Unquoted PathT1574.009
Noroxi analysis
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99024
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038658
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb17-20.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.