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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8636, and CVE-2015-8645.
The weakness was disclosed 12/28/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8460. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87656 (Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)), 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 168350 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:2400-1)).
Upgrading to version 18.0.0.324 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (87656). The entries 79926, 79930, 79931 and 79932 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 87656
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)
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OpenVAS ID: 803490
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Dec15 (Windows)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Flash Player 18.0.0.324
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Timeline
12/02/2015 🔍12/28/2015 🔍
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Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: RHSA-2015:2697
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2015-8460 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1034544
Vulnerability Center: 55408 - [APSB16-01] Adobe Flash Player <20.0.0.267 Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-8460, Critical
SecurityFocus: 79700
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Entry
Created: 12/29/2015 13:22Updated: 07/01/2022 16:05
Changes: 12/29/2015 13:22 (39), 01/27/2018 12:39 (28), 07/01/2022 15:53 (4), 07/01/2022 15:59 (11), 07/01/2022 16:05 (1)
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