Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-5567. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. 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 18.0.0.241 and 19.x before 19.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.521 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.190, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.190, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.190 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5579.

The weakness was released 09/22/2015 by Mateusz Jurczyk (bilou) with Google Project Zero (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5567 since 07/17/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86059 (Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.199 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-23)), 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 168080 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:1616-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.2.202.521, 18.0.0.240 or 19.0.0.185 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 21042.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86059), SecurityFocus (BID 76800†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52847†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-77992, VDB-77993, VDB-77994 and VDB-77995. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 86059
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 18.0.0.199 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-23)
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OpenVAS ID: 803024
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities Sep15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185
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09/21/2015 +66 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1814
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk (bilou)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5567 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5567
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77991
SecurityFocus: 76800 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-23 Multiple Unspecified Stack Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033629
Vulnerability Center: 52847 - [APSB15-23] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5567, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2015 19:21
Updated: 06/18/2022 15:00
Changes: 09/23/2015 19:21 (66), 01/27/2018 12:39 (11), 06/18/2022 14:58 (3), 06/18/2022 15:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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