Adobe Flash Player up to 11.5.502.110 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.5.502.110 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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 summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.48 and 11.x before 11.5.502.135 on Windows, before 10.3.183.48 and 11.x before 11.5.502.136 on Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.48 and 11.x before 11.2.202.258 on Linux, before 11.1.111.29 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.34 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.880 on Windows and before 3.5.0.890 on Mac OS X; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.880 on Windows and before 3.5.0.890 on Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 12/11/2012 by Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind and Fermin Serna with Google Security Team as APSB12-27 as confirmed bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. The public release has been coordinated with Adobe. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-5676 since 10/29/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74842 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2012:1643-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166210 (SUSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2013:0368-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.5.502.135 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80617) and Tenable (74842). Similar entries are available at 7114, 7117 and 7129.

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

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Nessus ID: 74842
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2012:1643-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 803455
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities - December12 (Mac OS X)
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.5.502.135
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-27
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind, Fermin Serna
Organization: Google Security Team
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CVE: CVE-2012-5676 (🔍)
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X-Force: 80617 - Adobe Flash Player buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1027854 - Adobe Flash Player Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 37661 - [APSB12-27] Adobe Flash Player, AIR and AIR SDK Code Execution due to Buffer Overflow - CVE-2012-5676, Critical
SecurityFocus: 56892 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5676 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 51526 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 88354

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Created: 12/13/2012 10:36
Updated: 04/20/2021 08:31
Changes: 12/13/2012 10:36 (98), 04/22/2017 17:07 (3), 04/20/2021 08:31 (2)
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