Adobe Flash Player prior 10.1.106.16 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. 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:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.15 and 11.x before 11.1.102.62 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris; before 11.1.111.6 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.6 on Android 4.x allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted MP4 data.

The weakness was published 02/16/2012 by Alexander Gavrun (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-0753 since 01/18/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/30/2021). 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 58001 (Flash Player <= 10.3.183.14 / 11.1.102.55 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-03)), 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 119955 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-03)).

Upgrading to version 10.1.106.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (58001). Similar entries are available at 60239, 60238, 60237 and 60236.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 58001
Nessus Name: Flash Player <= 10.3.183.14 / 11.1.102.55 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-03)
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OpenVAS ID: 71165
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-f10-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 10.1.106.16
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02/15/2012 +28 days 🔍
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02/16/2012 +1 days 🔍
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04/18/2012 +62 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1069 days 🔍
11/30/2021 +2444 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2012:0144
Researcher: Alexander Gavrun (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0753 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 34494 - [APSB12-03] Adobe Flash Player MP4 Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution, Critical
SecurityFocus: 52033 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2012-0753 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 48819 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash, Highly Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/30/2021 08:24
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (66), 04/09/2017 14:49 (17), 11/30/2021 08:22 (2), 11/30/2021 08:24 (2)
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