Adobe Flash Player prior 9.0.114.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-1864. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 07/31/2009 with iDEFENSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1864 since 06/01/2009. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40447 (Adobe AIR < 1.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-10)), 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 116529 (Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSA09-03 and APSB09-10)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.114.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52184), Tenable (40447), SecurityFocus (BID 35904†), Secunia (SA36193†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022629†). See VDB-4049, VDB-49229, VDB-49228 and VDB-49227 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 40447
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR < 1.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-10)
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OpenVAS ID: 800854
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player/Air Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities - Aug09 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.114.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49223

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X-Force: 52184
SecurityFocus: 35904 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR Loader Object Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 36193 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash and acroread, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1022629 - Adobe Flash Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 23054 - [APSB09-10] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-2086

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/13/2021 09:08
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (67), 02/12/2017 13:05 (18), 08/13/2021 09:08 (2)
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