Adobe Flash Player prior 9.0.114.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-3642. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris, and 10.1.95.1 on Android, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3640, CVE-2010-3641, CVE-2010-3643, CVE-2010-3644, CVE-2010-3645, CVE-2010-3646, CVE-2010-3647, CVE-2010-3648, CVE-2010-3649, CVE-2010-3650, and CVE-2010-3652.

The weakness was disclosed 11/07/2010 with CERT (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3642 since 09/28/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50613 (Adobe Acrobat 9.x < 9.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-28)), 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 118667 (Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB10-26)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.114.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50613), SecurityFocus (BID 44678†), Secunia (SA42183†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28054†). The entries VDB-4211, VDB-4209, VDB-4210 and VDB-55381 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best 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: 50613
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat 9.x < 9.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-28)
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OpenVAS ID: 68493
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.114.0
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09/28/2010 🔍
11/04/2010 +37 days 🔍
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11/07/2010 +3 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1591 days 🔍
09/28/2021 +2385 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0829
Organization: CERT
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55372

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SecurityFocus: 44678 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2010-3642 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 42183 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 28054 - [APSB10-26] Adobe Flash Player Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2903

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/28/2021 17:09
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/08/2017 22:08 (16), 09/28/2021 17:01 (2), 09/28/2021 17:09 (1)
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