Adobe Flash Player use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7636. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.252 and 19.x before 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.535 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.213, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.213, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.213 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7629, CVE-2015-7631, CVE-2015-7635, CVE-2015-7637, CVE-2015-7638, CVE-2015-7639, CVE-2015-7640, CVE-2015-7641, CVE-2015-7642, CVE-2015-7643, and CVE-2015-7644.

The weakness was published 10/18/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7636. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86396 (RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:1893)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124210 (Red Hat Update for flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:2024)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86396), SecurityFocus (BID 77061†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53544†). Similar entries are available at VDB-78448, VDB-78449, VDB-78450 and VDB-78451. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86396
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:1893)
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10/01/2015 🔍
10/14/2015 +13 days 🔍
10/18/2015 +4 days 🔍
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10/19/2015 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/22/2022 +2437 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1893
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-7636 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7636
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78525
SecurityFocus: 77061
Vulnerability Center: 53544 - [APSB15-25] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-7636, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2015 10:09
Updated: 06/22/2022 08:33
Changes: 10/20/2015 10:09 (38), 01/27/2018 12:39 (15), 06/22/2022 08:30 (2), 06/22/2022 08:31 (7), 06/22/2022 08:33 (1)
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