Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6682. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, and CVE-2015-5584.

The weakness was presented 09/22/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich (bilou) with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6682 since 08/26/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86059 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.199 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-23)), 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 168068 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for flash-player (SUSE-SU-2015:1614-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.521, 18.0.0.240 or 19.0.0.185 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 21033.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86059), SecurityFocus (BID 76795†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52861†). See VDB-77991, VDB-77992, VDB-77993 and VDB-77994 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 86059
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.199 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-23)
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OpenVAS ID: 803024
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities Sep15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1814
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bilou)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-6682 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6682
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78013
SecurityFocus: 76795 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-23 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033629
Vulnerability Center: 52861 - [APSB15-23] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-6682, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2015 07:25 PM
Updated: 11/23/2024 04:57 PM
Changes: 09/23/2015 07:25 PM (58), 01/02/2018 06:25 PM (17), 06/18/2022 08:01 PM (4), 06/18/2022 08:09 PM (1), 11/23/2024 04:57 PM (20)
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