Adobe Security Bulletin

Security update available for Adobe PDFL Software Development Kit (SDK) | APSB24-98

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB24-98

December 10, 2024

3   

Summary

Adobe has released an update for the Adobe PDF Library Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows, Linux and macOS. Adobe PDFL SDK contains a set of functions for developing third-party solutions and workflows built upon the Adobe PDF standard. This update resolves a critical vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in these updates.

Affected Versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Adobe PDFL Software Development Kit (SDK)

PDFL SDK 21.0.0.5 and earlier versions      

 

Windows, Linux and macOS

Solution

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

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

Availability

Adobe PDFL Software Development Kit (SDK)

PDFL SDK 21.0.0.7 

Windows, Linux  and macOS        

3

Windows, Linux and

macOS

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category      

Vulnerability Impact      

Severity 

CVSS base score

CVE Number

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)

Arbitrary Code Execution       

Critical  

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2024-49513

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:   

  • Anonymous - CVE-2024-49513

NOTE: Adobe has a public bug bounty program with HackerOne. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please check out https://hackerone.com/adobe

For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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