Adobe Shockwave Player up to 11.6.0.x memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 11.6.0.x. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-2108. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 11.6.0.x (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.0.626 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "design flaw."

The weakness was released 06/16/2011 by Will Dormann with CERT (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2108 since 05/13/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 11/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55142 (Shockwave Player < 11.6.0.626 (APSB11-17)), 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 119333 (Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-17)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.196 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (68033), Tenable (55142), SecurityFocus (BID 48311†), OSVDB (73012†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31812†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-57735, VDB-57734, VDB-57733 and VDB-57732. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55142
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player < 11.6.0.626 (APSB11-17)
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OpenVAS ID: 802301
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 8.0.196

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05/13/2011 🔍
06/14/2011 +32 days 🔍
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06/16/2011 +1 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1376 days 🔍
11/13/2021 +2427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Will Dormann
Organization: CERT
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2108 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2108
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57716
X-Force: 68033
SecurityFocus: 48311 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2011-2108 Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 73012
Vulnerability Center: 31812 - [APSB11-17] Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.9.620 and earlier Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 08:33
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 03/24/2017 08:00 (13), 11/13/2021 08:33 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:FC0:103

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