Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.411/13.0.0.250/15.0.0.189 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.411/13.0.0.250/15.0.0.189 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 11/11/2014 by SuperHei with KnownSec as APSB14-24 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8441 since 10/22/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79139 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100216 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB3004150)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.418, 13.0.0.252 or 15.0.0.223 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 17097.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98616) and Tenable (79139). blogs.adobe.com is providing further details. See 68144, 68136, 68137 and 68139 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 79139
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OpenVAS Name: Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities(APSB14-24)-(Windows)
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-24
Researcher: SuperHei
Organization: KnownSec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8441 (🔍)
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X-Force: 98616 - Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Air code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031182 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Obtain Session Tokens and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 47042 - [APSB14-24] Adobe Flash Player, Air, Air SDK and Air SDK \x26 Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2014-8441, Critical
SecurityFocus: 71050 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2014-8441 Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Created: 11/11/2014 22:22
Updated: 02/24/2022 09:59
Changes: 11/11/2014 22:22 (79), 06/11/2017 05:30 (9), 02/24/2022 09:56 (3), 02/24/2022 09:59 (1)
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