Adobe Flash Player use after free

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. 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 18.0.0.252 and 19.x before 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.535 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.213, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.213, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.213 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7629, CVE-2015-7631, CVE-2015-7635, CVE-2015-7636, CVE-2015-7637, CVE-2015-7638, CVE-2015-7639, CVE-2015-7641, CVE-2015-7642, CVE-2015-7643, and CVE-2015-7644.

The weakness was shared 10/18/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7640. The exploitation appears to be difficult. 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 86396 (RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:1893)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124210 (Red Hat Update for flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:2024)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86396). The entries 78448, 78449, 78450 and 78451 are related to this item.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86396
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:1893)
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1893
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-7640 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 53548 - [APSB15-25] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-7640, Critical
SecurityFocus: 77061

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Created: 10/20/2015 10:09
Updated: 06/22/2022 09:11
Changes: 10/20/2015 10:09 (38), 01/27/2018 12:39 (14), 06/22/2022 09:06 (3), 06/22/2022 09:09 (7), 06/22/2022 09:11 (1)
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