Adobe Flash Player 11.x memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player 11.x. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-4693. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player 11.x (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects an unknown code block. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.55 on Windows and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, as demonstrated by the first of two vulnerabilities exploited by the Intevydis vd_adobe_fp module in VulnDisco Step Ahead (SA). NOTE: as of 20111207, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the module author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.

The weakness was disclosed 12/08/2011 by Evgeny Legerov with Intevydis (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-4693 since 12/07/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 217434 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-4693), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119771 (Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability - Zero Day).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (217434), Secunia (SA47161†), SecurityTracker (ID 1026392†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34037†). The entry VDB-59622 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 217434
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-4693

OpenVAS ID: 802541
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player SWF File Multiple Code Execution Vulnerability - Mac OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: archives.neohapsis.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Evgeny Legerov
Organization: Intevydis
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4693 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4693
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4457

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Secunia: 47161 - Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1026392 - Adobe Flash Player Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34037 - Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.55 on Windows and Mac OS X Remote Code Execution via a Crafted SWF File, Medium

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Created: 12/19/2011 01:00
Updated: 03/04/2025 08:57
Changes: 12/19/2011 01:00 (70), 04/19/2017 10:28 (9), 03/04/2025 08:57 (19)
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