Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5133. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.491/18.0.0.209 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is 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 weakness was presented 08/11/2015 by Chris Evans, Ben Hawkes and Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as APSB15-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5133 since 06/26/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. 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 20454.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (105468), Exploit-DB (37858), Tenable (85325), SecurityFocus (BID 76284†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1033235†). technet.microsoft.com is providing further details. See VDB-69208, VDB-75806, VDB-76351 and VDB-76768 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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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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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.508 /18.0.0.232
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-19
Researcher: Chris Evans, Ben Hawkes, Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
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CVE: CVE-2015-5133 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5133
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76988
X-Force: 105468 - Adobe Flash Player code execution
SecurityFocus: 76284 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-19 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033235 - Adobe Flash Player Buffer Overflows and Memory Corruption Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 51913 - [APSB15-19] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5133, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/12/2015 11:18
Updated: 04/17/2025 18:14
Changes: 08/12/2015 11:18 (77), 10/05/2017 18:24 (19), 06/07/2022 19:24 (2), 06/07/2022 19:31 (1), 04/17/2025 18:14 (19)
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