Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.48.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2011-0578. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an 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:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.152.26 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors related to a constructor for an unspecified ActionScript3 object and improper type checking, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0559, CVE-2011-0560, CVE-2011-0561, CVE-2011-0571, CVE-2011-0572, CVE-2011-0573, CVE-2011-0574, CVE-2011-0607, and CVE-2011-0608.

The weakness was presented 02/08/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-0578. 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. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/26/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51924 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)), 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 165553 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2011:011)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.114.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51924), SecurityFocus (BID 46195†), OSVDB (70921†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025055†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29701†). See VDB-4299, VDB-56469, VDB-56467 and VDB-56466 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 51924
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)
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OpenVAS ID: 68944
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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0206
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56428

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X-Force: 65240
SecurityFocus: 46195 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2011-0578 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 43267
OSVDB: 70921 - Adobe Flash Player Point Object Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1025055
Vulnerability Center: 29701 - [APSB11-02] Adobe Flash Player 10-10.1.102.64 Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0578), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 01/26/2025 18:53
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (66), 04/03/2017 18:11 (10), 10/16/2021 14:37 (6), 10/16/2021 14:41 (1), 10/16/2021 14:43 (1), 01/26/2025 18:53 (18)
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