Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Updates Available for Adobe Digital Editions | APSB21-26

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB20-26

April 13, 2021   

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Digital Editions. This update resolves a critical vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system write.    

Affected product versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Digital Editions

4.5.11.187245 and below   

MacOS

Solution

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

Product

Version

Platform

Priority

Availability

Adobe Digital Editions

4.5.11.187606

MacOS

3

Note:
  • Customers can download the update from the Adobe Digital Editions download page, or utilize the product’s update mechanism when prompted.
  • For more information, please refer the release notes.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Numbers

Privilege Escalation 

Arbitrary file system write

Critical

CVE-2021-21100

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank  Qingyang Chen for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers. 

 Adobe

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