Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-5252. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.4.402.287 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.29 and 11.x before 11.2.202.243 on Linux, before 11.1.111.19 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.20 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.4.0.2710; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.4.0.2710 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than other Flash Player memory corruption CVEs listed in APSB12-22.

The weakness was disclosed 10/08/2012 by Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind and Fermin Serna with Google Security Team as APSB12-22 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Adobe. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-5252 since 10/04/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 850347 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166696 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for flash-player (SUSE-SU-2012:1326-2)).

Upgrading to version 11.4.402.287 or 10.3.183.29 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at adobe.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with Microsoft Silverlight, Java or Javascript as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79073), Tenable (850347), SecurityFocus (BID 56209†), OSVDB (86029†) and Secunia (SA50820†). Further details are available at technet.microsoft.com. The entries VDB-6601, VDB-6595, VDB-6614 and VDB-6606 are pretty similar. 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: 850347
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OpenVAS ID: 72611
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-f10-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.4.402.287/10.3.183.29
Alternative: Microsoft Silverlight/Java/Javascript

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-22
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind, Fermin Serna
Organization: Google Security Team
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CVE: CVE-2012-5252 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5252
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6597

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X-Force: 79073 - Adobe Flash Player and Air code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 56209 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5252 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 50820 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 86029
SecurityTracker: 1027624 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 36414 - [APSB12-22] Adobe Flash Player and AIR Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2012-5252, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2012 10:50
Updated: 04/17/2017 12:47
Changes: 10/09/2012 10:50 (89), 04/17/2017 12:47 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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