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, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-6677. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5582, and CVE-2015-5588.

The weakness was published 09/22/2015 by Mateusz Jurczyk (instruder) with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-6677 since 08/26/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86059), SecurityFocus (BID 76799†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52879†). Similar entries are available at VDB-77991, VDB-77992, VDB-77993 and VDB-77994. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1814
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk (instruder)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-6677 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6677
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78010
SecurityFocus: 76799 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB15-23 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033629
Vulnerability Center: 52879 - [APSB15-23] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-6677, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2015 19:25
Updated: 11/23/2024 09:46
Changes: 09/23/2015 19:25 (58), 01/03/2018 09:47 (13), 06/18/2022 19:15 (4), 06/18/2022 19:22 (1), 11/23/2024 09:46 (18)
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