Adobe Security Bulletin

Release date: March 8, 2016

Vulnerability identifier: APSB16-06

Priority: 3

CVE number: CVE-2016-0954

Platform: Windows, Macintosh, iOS and Android

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.0 and earlier versions. This update resolves a critical memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution.

Affected versions

Solution

Adobe categorizes this update with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

Customers using Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.0 on Windows can download the update from the Adobe Digital Editions download page, or utilize the product’s update mechanism when prompted.  Customers using Digital Editions for iOS and Android can download the update from the respective app store.  

For more information, please reference the release notes.

Vulnerability Details

This update resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2016-0954).

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank Pier-Luc Maltais of COSIG (CVE-2016-0954) for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.