Adobe Flash Player memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated 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:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8407.

The weakness was published 12/10/2015 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8457. 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 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (108901) and Tenable (87243).

Productinfo

Type

Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Flash Player

License

free

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: technet.microsoft.com

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12/02/2015 🔍
12/09/2015 +7 days 🔍
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12/11/2015 +1 days 🔍
12/14/2015 +3 days 🔍
07/01/2022 +2391 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: technet.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-8457 (🔍)
X-Force: 108901 - Adobe Flash Player buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1034318
Vulnerability Center: 55173 - [APSB15-32] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-8457, Critical
SecurityFocus: 78802

Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2015 09:33
Updated: 07/01/2022 02:54
Changes: 12/14/2015 09:33 (41), 12/18/2015 15:44 (20), 07/01/2022 02:38 (3), 07/01/2022 02:46 (7), 07/01/2022 02:54 (2)
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