Headline
CVE-2022-38406: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe InCopy version 17.3 (and earlier) and 16.4.2 (and earlier) 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.
Security Update Available for Adobe InCopy | APSB22-53
Bulletin ID
Date Published
Priority
APSB22-53
September 13, 2022
3
Summary
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InCopy. This update addresses multiple critical and an important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution and memory leak.
Affected versions
16.4.2 and earlier version
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their software installations via the Creative Cloud desktop app updater, or by navigating to the InCopy Help menu and clicking “Updates.” For more information, please reference this help page.
Product
Updated version
Platform
Priority rating
Adobe InCopy
17.4
Windows and macOS
3
Adobe InCopy
16.4.3
Windows and macOS
3
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability Details
Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Number
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-38401
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-38402
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-38403
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-38404
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Arbitrary code execution
Critical
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-38405
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Memory Leak
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2022-38406
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Memory Leak
Important
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2022-38407
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
- Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2022-38401, CVE-2022-38402, CVE-2022-38403, CVE-2022-38404, CVE-2022-38405, CVE-2022-38406, CVE-2022-38407 )
Revisions
July 13, 2022: Bulletin revised for inclusion of CVE-2022-34249, CVE-2022-34250, CVE-2022-34251 and CVE-2022-34252
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For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email [email protected].
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