Memory disclosure via embedded font out-of-bounds read
Published Oct 11, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025
Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Bridge 12.0.4 and earlier and 13.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to disclose memory via a malicious file. The embedded font parser fails to validate user-supplied data before reading past the end of an allocated object. Exploitation requires a victim to open the file, and the resulting disclosure can reveal address-layout data without altering data or interrupting the application.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Bridge 12.0.4 and earlier and 13.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to disclose memory via a malicious file. The embedded font parser fails to validate user-supplied data before reading past the end of an allocated object. Exploitation requires a victim to open the file, and the resulting disclosure can reveal address-layout data without altering data or interrupting the application.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-38217
- Published
- Oct 11, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Adobe Bridge
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=13.0.3
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