Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-5272. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.4.402.278 (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. 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:

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 instruder with Code Audit Labs as APSB12-22 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Adobe. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-5272 since 10/04/2012. 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 04/14/2021). 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 62479 (Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.4.0.2540 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-22)), 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 166211 (SUSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2013:0370-1)).

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 Tenable (62479), SecurityFocus (BID 55827†), OSVDB (86049†), Secunia (SA50820†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027624†). technet.microsoft.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-6601, VDB-6595, VDB-6614 and VDB-6606 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 62479
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.4.0.2540 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-22)
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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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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB12-22
Researcher: instruder
Organization: Code Audit Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5272 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5272
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6617

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SecurityFocus: 55827
Secunia: 50820 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 86049
SecurityTracker: 1027624 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 36424 - [APSB12-22] Adobe Flash Player and AIR Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2012-5272, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2012 10:50
Updated: 04/14/2021 17:29
Changes: 10/09/2012 10:50 (86), 04/17/2017 12:51 (9), 04/14/2021 17:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:3D5:103

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