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Amazon.Kindle.Memory.Corruption

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This indicates an attack attempt against a Memory Corruption vulnerability in Amazon Kindle for PC.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a specially-crafted Mobi file. A remote attacker may be able to exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application, via a crafted Mobi file.

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Amazon Kindle for PC version 1.16.0

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System Compromise: Remote attackers could gain control of vulnerable systems.

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Upgrade to Amazon Kindle for PC version 1.17.44170

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IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)
ID 42649
Created Jun 28, 2016
Updated May 02, 2022
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Active
Affected OS Windows
Affected App Other