Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-0494 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_DIGITAL_EDITIONS_APSB14-03.NASL description The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote host is 2.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability that could allow denial of service attacks and possibly arbitrary code execution. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 72173 published 2014-01-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72173 title Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 Memory Corruption (APSB14-03) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(72173); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0494"); script_bugtraq_id(65091); script_name(english:"Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 Memory Corruption (APSB14-03)"); script_summary(english:"Checks version of Adobe Digital Editions"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The version of Adobe Digital Editions on the remote Windows host is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote host is 2.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability that could allow denial of service attacks and possibly arbitrary code execution."); # http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb14-03.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?abe555c7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-0494"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/01/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/01/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/01/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("adobe_digital_editions_installed.nbin"); script_require_keys("SMB/Adobe_DigitalEditions/installed"); exit(0); } include('audit.inc'); include('global_settings.inc'); include('misc_func.inc'); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Adobe_DigitalEditions/installed"); info = ''; info2 = ''; vuln = 0; errors = make_list(); installs = get_kb_list_or_exit('SMB/Adobe_DigitalEditions/*'); foreach key (keys(installs)) { if (key == "SMB/Adobe_DigitalEditions/installed") continue; if ("Ver_UI" >< key) continue; exe = installs[key]; pieces = split(key, sep:'/', keep:FALSE); version = pieces[2]; if (version == "Unknown") { errors = make_list(errors, "The version of "+exe+" could not be determined and thus, cannot be checked."); continue; } ver = split(version, sep:'.', keep:FALSE); for (i=0; i<max_index(ver); i++) ver[i] = int(ver[i]); # See if a Ver_UI exists for this version key2 = key - "/Path"; key2 += "/Ver_UI"; if (!isnull(installs[key2])) ver_ui = installs[key2]; # Affected as posted by vendor : # 2.0.1 if ((ver[0] == 2 && ver[1] == 0 && ver[2] == 1)) { vuln++; info += '\n Path : '+exe; if (ver_ui) info += '\n Installed version : '+version+' ('+ver_ui+')'; else info += '\n Installed version : '+version+''; info += '\n Fixed version : 3.0 (3.0.86137)\n'; } else info2 += " and " + version; } if (info) { port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport"); if (!port) port = 445; if (report_verbosity > 0) { if (vuln > 1) s = "s of Adobe Digital Editions are"; else s = " of Adobe Digital Editions is"; report = '\nThe following vulnerable instance'+s+' installed on the'+ '\nremote host :\n'+ info; security_hole(port:port, extra:report); } else security_hole(port); exit(0); } if (info2) { info2 -= " and "; if (" and " >< info2) be = "are"; else be = "is"; exit(0, "The host is not affected since Adobe Digital Editions "+info2+" "+be+" installed."); } else { # info2 is empty. See if we have error(s) to report first though. num_of_errors = max_index(errors); if (num_of_errors == 0) exit(1, "Unexpected error - 'info2' is empty."); else if (num_of_errors == 1) exit(1, errors[0]); else exit(1, 'Errors were encountered verifying installs :\n ' + join(errors, sep:'\n ')); }
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_ADOBE_DIGITAL_EDITIONS_APSB14-03.NASL description The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 2.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability that could allow denial of service attacks and possibly arbitrary code execution. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 72174 published 2014-01-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72174 title Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 Memory Corruption (Mac OS X) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(72174); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0494"); script_bugtraq_id(65091); script_name(english:"Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 Memory Corruption (Mac OS X)"); script_summary(english:"Checks version of Adobe Digital Editions on Mac OS X"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The version of Adobe Digital Editions on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe Digital Editions installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 2.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability that could allow denial of service attacks and possibly arbitrary code execution."); # http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb14-03.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?abe555c7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-0494"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/01/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/01/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/01/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:digital_editions"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("macosx_adobe_digital_editions_installed.nbin"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "MacOSX/Adobe Digital Editions/Version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version"); if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X"); version = get_kb_item_or_exit("MacOSX/Adobe Digital Editions/Version"); ver_ui = get_kb_item("MacOSX/Adobe Digital Editions/Version_UI"); fixed_version = "3.0 (3.0.86137)"; # Affected : # 2.0.1 if (version =~ "^2\.0\.1($|[^0-9])") { if (report_verbosity > 0) { if (ver_ui) report = '\n Installed version : ' + version + ' ('+ver_ui+')' + '\n Fixed version : ' + fixed_version + '\n'; else report = '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fixed_version + '\n'; security_hole(port:0, extra:report); } else security_hole(0); } else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "Adobe Digital Editions", version);