Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2011-2453. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.11 and 11.x before 11.1.102.55 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and before 11.1.102.59 on Android, and Adobe AIR before 3.1.0.4880, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2445, CVE-2011-2451, CVE-2011-2452, CVE-2011-2454, CVE-2011-2455, CVE-2011-2459, and CVE-2011-2460.

The weakness was published 11/11/2011 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2453. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/26/2021). 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 56959 (Adobe AIR <= 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-28)), 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 120893 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 2/2a Missing).

Upgrading to version 10.1.106.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56959), SecurityFocus (BID 50618†), Secunia (SA48819†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33813†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4442, VDB-4456, VDB-60239 and VDB-60238. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 56959
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-28)
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OpenVAS ID: 70604
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-f10-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 10.1.106.16
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06/06/2011 🔍
11/09/2011 +156 days 🔍
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11/13/2011 +2 days 🔍
04/18/2012 +157 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1069 days 🔍
11/26/2021 +2440 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1445
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59425

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SecurityFocus: 50618 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2011-2453 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 48819 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 33813 - [APSB11-28] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR Unspecified Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/26/2021 10:05
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (68), 04/05/2017 09:00 (15), 11/26/2021 10:02 (3), 11/26/2021 10:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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