Adobe Shockwave Player prior 8.0.196 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Shockwave Player. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-0766. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Adobe Shockwave Player (Multimedia Player Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Shockwave 3D Asset component in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.4.634 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0757, CVE-2012-0760, CVE-2012-0761, CVE-2012-0762, CVE-2012-0763, and CVE-2012-0764.

The weakness was published 02/14/2012 by Honggang Ren with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0766 since 01/18/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD (estimation calculated on 11/29/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57941 (Shockwave Player <= 11.6.3.633 Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB12-02)), 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 119945 (Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-02)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.196 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (57941), SecurityFocus (BID 52005†), OSVDB (79245†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34488†). Similar entries are available at VDB-60218, VDB-60217, VDB-60216 and VDB-60215. 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: 57941
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player <= 11.6.3.633 Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB12-02)
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OpenVAS ID: 802399
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Feb 2012 (MAC OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 8.0.196

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Honggang Ren
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0766 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0766
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60220
SecurityFocus: 52005 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2012-0766 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 79245
Vulnerability Center: 34488 - [APSB12-02] Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.4.634 Shockwave 3D Asset Remote Memory Corruption (CVE-2012-0766), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/29/2021 17:35
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 04/09/2017 14:48 (12), 11/29/2021 17:35 (2)
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