Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.548/18.0.0.261/19.0.0.245 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.548/18.0.0.261/19.0.0.245. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8449. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.548/18.0.0.261/19.0.0.245 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 12/08/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich with Zero Day Initiative as APSB15-32 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8449 since 12/02/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87243 (Adobe AIR <= 19.0.0.241 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-32)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168256 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for flash-player (SUSE-SU-2015:2247-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.554, 18.0.0.268, 20.0.0.228 or 20.0.0.235 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 21927.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87243), SecurityFocus (BID 78715†), SecurityTracker (ID 1034318†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54945†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79654, VDB-79655, VDB-79656 and VDB-79657. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 87243
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 19.0.0.241 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-32)
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OpenVAS ID: 803456
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.554/18.0.0.268/20.0.0.228/20.0.0.235
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-32
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79676
SecurityFocus: 78715 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-32 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034318
Vulnerability Center: 54945 - [APSB15-32] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-8449, Critical

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

Created: 12/09/2015 02:58 PM
Updated: 11/09/2024 07:36 AM
Changes: 12/09/2015 02:58 PM (69), 05/12/2018 09:32 AM (16), 06/30/2022 10:18 AM (3), 06/30/2022 10:23 AM (1), 11/09/2024 07:36 AM (22)
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