Adobe Flash Player up to 11.3.300.270 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.3.300.270 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 02/20/2014 by Wen Guanxing with VenusTech as APSB14-07 as confirmed advisory (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0498 since 12/20/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72643 (RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2014:0196)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100182 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB2934802)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13633.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91226), Tenable (72643), SecurityFocus (BID 65704†), Secunia (SA57057†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43355†). Additional details are provided at technet.microsoft.com. See VDB-6601, VDB-6595, VDB-6614 and VDB-6606 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Nessus ID: 72643
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2014:0196)
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OpenVAS ID: 850571
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for flash-player openSUSE-SU-2014:0278-1 (flash-player)
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-07
Researcher: Wen Guanxing
Organization: VenusTech
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12373

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X-Force: 91226 - Adobe Flash Player buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 65704 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2014-0498 Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 57057 - Adobe Flash Player / AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
Vulnerability Center: 43355 - [APSB14-07] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution due to a Stack Overflow, Critical

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Created: 02/22/2014 10:48 PM
Updated: 06/09/2021 05:09 PM
Changes: 02/22/2014 10:48 PM (94), 05/21/2017 02:19 PM (3), 06/09/2021 05:09 PM (2)
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