Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-2457. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in 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 via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 11/11/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-2457 since 06/06/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 X-Force (71256), Tenable (56959), Secunia (SA48819†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33816†). The entries VDB-4442, VDB-4456, VDB-60239 and VDB-60238 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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11/11/2011 +158 days 🔍
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04/18/2012 +157 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1069 days 🔍
11/26/2021 +2440 days 🔍

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1445
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CVE: CVE-2011-2457 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2457
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59429

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X-Force: 71256
SecurityFocus: 50618
Secunia: 48819 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 33816 - [APSB11-28] Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR Remote Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, High

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/26/2021 10:51
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (67), 04/05/2017 09:00 (12), 11/26/2021 10:45 (2), 11/26/2021 10:51 (2)
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