Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-5541. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 weakness was published 08/11/2015 by instruder with Alibaba Security Research Team as APSB15-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5541 since 07/17/2015. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85325 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.180 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-19)), 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 168130 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:1781-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.508 or 18.0.0.232 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20426.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (105465), Tenable (85325), SecurityFocus (BID 76282†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033235†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51918†). technet.microsoft.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-69208, VDB-75806, VDB-76351 and VDB-76768. 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: 85325
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.180 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-19)
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OpenVAS ID: 52298
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Aug15 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.508 /18.0.0.232
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-19
Researcher: instruder
Organization: Alibaba Security Research Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5541 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5541
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76985
X-Force: 105465 - Adobe Flash Player code execution
SecurityFocus: 76282 - Adobe FlashPlayer and AIR APSB15-19 Multiple Unspecified Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033235 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 51918 - [APSB15-19] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5541, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2015 11:17
Updated: 06/07/2022 18:48
Changes: 08/12/2015 11:17 (77), 10/05/2017 18:25 (11), 06/07/2022 18:41 (2), 06/07/2022 18:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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