CVE-2022-38406
Adobe InCopy vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe InCopy was found to contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CVE-2022-38406) that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. The vulnerability was discovered in InCopy's EPS file parsing functionality and was publicly disclosed in September 2022 (ZDI Advisory, Adobe Bulletin).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists within the parsing of EPS files in Adobe InCopy. When parsing EPS files, crafted data can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), indicating a relatively low severity (ZDI Advisory).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to disclose sensitive information from affected installations of Adobe InCopy. The vulnerability requires user interaction, specifically that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. An attacker could potentially leverage this vulnerability in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process (ZDI Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released an update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the security update as detailed in Adobe's security bulletin (Adobe Bulletin).

Additional resources


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