Adobe Shockwave Player up to 8.0.195 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 8.0.195. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-4309. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 8.0.195 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.1.629 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4308.

The weakness was published 08/11/2011 by Aaron Portnoy (TippingPoint) with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-4309. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 11/17/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55833 (Shockwave Player < 11.6.1.629 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB11-19)), 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 119489 (Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-19)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.196 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55833), SecurityFocus (BID 49102†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32664†). Similar entries are available at VDB-58294, VDB-58275, VDB-58274 and VDB-58273. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 55833
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player < 11.6.1.629 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB11-19)
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OpenVAS ID: 902617
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Aug 2011
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 8.0.196

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11/22/2010 🔍
08/09/2011 +260 days 🔍
08/09/2011 +0 days 🔍
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08/11/2011 +1 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1320 days 🔍
11/17/2021 +2431 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Aaron Portnoy (TippingPoint)
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4309 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4309
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58260
SecurityFocus: 49102 - Adobe Shockwave Player APSB11-19 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 32664 - [APSB11-19] Adobe Shockwave Player 11.6.0.626 and Earlier Memory Corruption (CVE-2010-4309), High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/17/2021 19:42
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 03/29/2017 17:03 (11), 11/17/2021 19:36 (3), 11/17/2021 19:42 (1)
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