Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-2456. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 (Multimedia Player Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.11 and 11.x before 11.1.102.55 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 11.1.102.59 on Android, and Adobe AIR before 3.1.0.4880, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 11/11/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2456 since 06/06/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/26/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56959 (Adobe AIR <= 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-28)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120893 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 2/2a Missing).

Upgrading to version 10.1.106.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71255), Tenable (56959), Secunia (SA48819†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33819†). See VDB-4442, VDB-4456, VDB-60239 and VDB-60238 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 56959
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-28)
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OpenVAS ID: 70604
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-f10-flashplugin
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 10.1.106.16
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Timelineinfo

06/06/2011 🔍
11/11/2011 +158 days 🔍
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11/13/2011 +2 days 🔍
04/18/2012 +157 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1069 days 🔍
11/26/2021 +2440 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1445
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2456 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2456
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59428

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X-Force: 71255
SecurityFocus: 50618
Secunia: 48819 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 33819 - [APSB11-28] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/26/2021 10:39
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 04/05/2017 09:01 (12), 11/26/2021 10:34 (2), 11/26/2021 10:39 (2)
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