CVE-2002-1017: Adobe Digital Editions

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe eBook Reader 2.1 and 2.2 allows a user to copy eBooks to other systems by using the backup feature, capturing the encryption Challenge, and using the appropriate hash function to generate the activation code.

Affected products

• Adobe Digital Editions: version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 9.2.1 only; version 9.2.2 only

Published 2002-10-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.