Adobe Shockwave up to 11.6.5.635 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Shockwave up to 11.6.5.635. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-2043. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Shockwave up to 11.6.5.635 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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 11.6.6.636 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2044, CVE-2012-2045, CVE-2012-2046, and CVE-2012-2047.

The weakness was presented 08/14/2012 by Honggang Ren with Fortiguard Labs as APSB12-17 as not defined bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2043 since 04/02/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80181 (Adobe Shockwave Player <= 11.6.5.635 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120409 (Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17)).

Upgrading to version 11.6.6.636 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (80181), SecurityFocus (BID 55025†), OSVDB (84608†), Secunia (SA50283†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35871†). See VDB-5949, VDB-5950, VDB-5951 and VDB-5952 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 80181
Nessus Name: Adobe Shockwave Player <= 11.6.5.635 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-17) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 802939
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - August 2012 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave 11.6.6.636

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-17
Researcher: Honggang Ren
Organization: Fortiguard Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2043 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2043
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5948
SecurityFocus: 55025 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2012-2043 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 50283 - Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84608
Vulnerability Center: 35871 - [APSB12-17] Adobe Shockwave Player Before 11.6.6.636 Unspecified Remote Code Execution (CVE-2012-2043), Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/16/2012 16:13
Updated: 03/27/2021 12:10
Changes: 08/16/2012 16:13 (79), 04/15/2017 16:32 (10), 03/27/2021 12:10 (2)
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