Adobe Shockwave Player up to 12.0.9.149 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 12.0.9.149. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2014-0505. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 12.0.9.149 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Shockwave Player before 12.1.0.150 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 03/13/2014 by Honggang Ren with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs as APSB14-10 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-0505 since 12/20/2013. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72983 (Shockwave Player <= 12.0.9.149 Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB14-10)), 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 121843 (Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability (APSB14-10)).

Upgrading to version 12.1.0.150 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91780), Tenable (72983), SecurityFocus (BID 66182†), Secunia (SA57277†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1029923†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72983
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player <= 12.0.9.149 Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB14-10)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 12.1.0.150
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-10
Researcher: Honggang Ren
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0505 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0505
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12612

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X-Force: 91780 - Adobe Shockwave Player code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 66182 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2014-0505 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 57277 - Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1029923 - Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 43617 - [APSB14-10] Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.9.150 and Earlier Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to a Memory Corruption, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2014 10:52
Updated: 12/21/2024 19:05
Changes: 03/17/2014 10:52 (86), 05/23/2017 08:40 (1), 06/15/2021 16:19 (2), 12/21/2024 19:05 (16)
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