Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278 Input Sanitizer Eingabe memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Input Sanitizer. The manipulation as part of a Eingabe 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.4.402.287 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.2.202.243 on Linux, before 11.1.111.19 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.20 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2710; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.4.0.2710 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than other Flash Player buffer overflow CVEs listed in APSB12-22.

The weakness was published 11/02/2012 by Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind and Fermin Serna with Google Security Team as APSB12-22 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-5287 since 10/04/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62479 (Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.4.0.2540 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-22)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 11.4.402.287 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79772) and Tenable (62479). Similar entries are available at 6601, 6595, 6614 and 6606.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 62479
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.4.0.2540 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-22)
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OpenVAS ID: 72611
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-f10-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.4.402.287

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-22
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind, Fermin Serna
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5287 (🔍)
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X-Force: 79772 - Adobe Flash Player and Air buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1027624 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 36928 - [APSB12-22] Adobe Flash Player and AIR Unspecified Buffer-Overflow Vulnerability - CVE-2012-5287, Critical
SecurityFocus: 56376 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5287 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 86876

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2012 17:10
Updated: 04/18/2021 18:04
Changes: 11/05/2012 17:10 (56), 04/20/2017 13:53 (35), 04/18/2021 18:04 (2)
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