Zero-Day Advisory
Fortinet Discovers Adobe DNG Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Summary
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe DNG Converter.
The Adobe DNG Converter is a free utility that enables you to easily convert camera-specific raw files from more than 600 cameras to the more universal DNG raw format. DNG allows photographers to archive their raw camera files in a single format for easy cataloging and access in the future.
A memory corruption vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe DNG Converter. The vulnerability can be triggered by a crafted SRW file which causes an out-of-bounds write, due to improper bounds checking. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could grant an attacker remote code execution.
Solutions
FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:Adobe.DNG.Converter.SRW.File.Memory.Corruption
Released Nov 10, 2017
Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.
Additional Information
Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Adobe on May 12, 2017.
Adobe confirmed the vulnerability on Aug. 28, 2017.
Adobe patched the vulnerability on Nov. 14, 2017.
Acknowledgement
This vulnerability was discovered by Kushal Arvind Shah of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.