Adobe Flash Player prior 9.0.124.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-2171. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. 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:

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to SWF files, decompression of embedded JPEG image data, and the DefineBits and other unspecified tags, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2160, CVE-2010-2165, CVE-2010-2166, CVE-2010-2175, CVE-2010-2176, CVE-2010-2177, CVE-2010-2178, CVE-2010-2180, CVE-2010-2182, CVE-2010-2184, CVE-2010-2187, and CVE-2010-2188.

The weakness was shared 06/15/2010 by Tielei Wang (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2171 since 06/07/2010. 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 46858 (Adobe AIR < 2.0.2.12610 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ASPB10-14)), 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 165220 (SUSE Security Update for Flash Player (SUSE-SA:2010:024)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.124.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9397.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (46858), SecurityFocus (BID 40784†), Secunia (SA40144†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024085†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26115†). The entries VDB-44472, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 are related to this item. 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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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 46858
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR < 2.0.2.12610 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ASPB10-14)
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OpenVAS ID: 67656
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.124.0
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03/19/2015 +1731 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0464
Researcher: Tielei Wang (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2171 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53639

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SecurityFocus: 40784 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR 'DefineBit' Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 40144 - Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024085 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitary Code, Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 26115 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player and AIR \x27DefineBit\x27 Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1453

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/15/2021 20:20
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (68), 02/28/2017 07:48 (20), 09/15/2021 20:13 (2), 09/15/2021 20:20 (1)
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