Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2459. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 10.1.106.15 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is 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. 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-2011-2453, CVE-2011-2454, CVE-2011-2455, and CVE-2011-2460.

The weakness was released 11/11/2011 with iDEFENSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2459 since 06/06/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing 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 (71258), Tenable (56959), SecurityFocus (BID 50620†), Secunia (SA48819†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33815†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4442, VDB-4456, VDB-60239 and VDB-60238. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for 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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11/09/2011 +156 days 🔍
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04/18/2012 +157 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1069 days 🔍
11/26/2021 +2440 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1445
Organization: iDEFENSE
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CVE: CVE-2011-2459 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2459
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59431

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X-Force: 71258
SecurityFocus: 50620 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2011-2459 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 48819 - Gentoo update for adobe-flash, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 33815 - [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 11:08
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (69), 04/05/2017 09:00 (15), 11/26/2021 11:03 (2), 11/26/2021 11:08 (1)
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