Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.411/13.0.0.250/15.0.0.189 type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.411/13.0.0.250/15.0.0.189. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to type confusion. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0590. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.2.202.411/13.0.0.250/15.0.0.189 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/11/2014 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as APSB14-24 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0590 since 12/20/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79139 (Adobe AIR <= 15.0.0.293 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-24)), 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 100216 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB3004150)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.418, 13.0.0.252 or 15.0.0.223 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98625), Tenable (79139), SecurityFocus (BID 71046†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031182†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47050†). blogs.adobe.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-68144, VDB-68136, VDB-68137 and VDB-68138 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Nessus ID: 79139
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 15.0.0.293 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-24)
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OpenVAS ID: 803496
OpenVAS Name: Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities(APSB14-24)-(Windows)
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.418/13.0.0.252/15.0.0.223
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-24
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
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CVE: CVE-2014-0590 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0590
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68147

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X-Force: 98625 - Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Air code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 71046 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2014-0590 Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031182 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Obtain Session Tokens and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 47050 - [APSB14-24] Adobe Flash Player, Air, Air SDK and Air SDK \x26 Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2014-0590, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2014 22:22
Updated: 02/24/2022 11:37
Changes: 11/11/2014 22:22 (77), 06/12/2017 08:06 (12), 02/24/2022 11:29 (3), 02/24/2022 11:37 (1)
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