Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.481/13.0.0.302/18.0.0.203 use after free

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, and CVE-2015-5117.

The weakness was released 07/09/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich (bilou) with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-4430 since 06/08/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84641 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)), 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 167878 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for flash-player (SUSE-SU-2015:1211-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.481, 13.0.0.302 or 18.0.0.203 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20335.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37875), Tenable (84641), SecurityFocus (BID 75590†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032810†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51078†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-76340, VDB-76351, VDB-76353 and VDB-76355. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84641
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.144 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)
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OpenVAS ID: 802781
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability July15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.481/13.0.0.302/18.0.0.203
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1214
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bilou)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4430 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4430
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76386
SecurityFocus: 75590 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032810
Vulnerability Center: 51078 - [APSB15-16] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-4430, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/10/2015 09:40 AM
Updated: 04/18/2025 11:33 PM
Changes: 07/10/2015 09:40 AM (61), 07/10/2017 09:14 AM (20), 05/24/2022 03:41 AM (3), 05/24/2022 03:49 AM (1), 11/26/2024 05:56 AM (18), 04/18/2025 11:33 PM (1)
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