Adobe Flash Player prior 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185 use after free

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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5570. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, and CVE-2015-6682.
The weakness was presented 09/22/2015 by Natalie Silvanovich (bilou) with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5570 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 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 21052.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86059), SecurityFocus (BID 76795†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52853†). See VDB-77991, VDB-77992, VDB-77994 and VDB-77995 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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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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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.2.202.521/18.0.0.240/19.0.0.185
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Timeline
07/17/2015 🔍09/21/2015 🔍
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09/22/2015 🔍
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09/23/2015 🔍
06/18/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: RHSA-2015:1814
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bilou)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5570 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5570
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77993
SecurityFocus: 76795 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-23 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033629
Vulnerability Center: 52853 - [APSB15-23] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5570, Critical
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Entry
Created: 09/23/2015 19:21Updated: 06/18/2022 15:20
Changes: 09/23/2015 19:21 (65), 01/27/2018 12:39 (12), 06/18/2022 15:15 (3), 06/18/2022 15:20 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.
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