Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Adobe Flash Player. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-5568. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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 cause a denial of service (vector-length corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 09/22/2015 by James Forshaw with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-5568 since 07/17/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 6 days after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.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 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 21050.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (38348), Tenable (86059), SecurityFocus (BID 76798†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52865†). The entries VDB-77991, VDB-77993, VDB-77994 and VDB-77995 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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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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07/17/2015 🔍
09/21/2015 +66 days 🔍
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1814
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-5568 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5568
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77992
SecurityFocus: 76798 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2015-5568 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033629
Vulnerability Center: 52865 - [APSB15-23] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Unspecified Vulnerability - CVE-2015-5568, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2015 19:21
Updated: 04/14/2025 04:35
Changes: 09/23/2015 19:21 (61), 01/27/2018 12:39 (23), 06/18/2022 15:04 (4), 06/18/2022 15:09 (1), 04/14/2025 04:35 (14)
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