Adobe Flash Player use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7638. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 18.0.0.252 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-2015-7636, CVE-2015-7637, CVE-2015-7639, CVE-2015-7640, CVE-2015-7641, CVE-2015-7642, CVE-2015-7643, and CVE-2015-7644.

The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7638. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53546†). The entries VDB-78448, VDB-78449, VDB-78450 and VDB-78451 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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-2015-7638 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7638
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78527
SecurityFocus: 77061
Vulnerability Center: 53546 - [APSB15-25] Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK and AIR SDK and Compiler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-7638, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2015 10:09
Updated: 06/22/2022 08:52
Changes: 10/20/2015 10:09 (38), 01/27/2018 12:39 (14), 06/22/2022 08:45 (3), 06/22/2022 08:50 (7), 06/22/2022 08:52 (1)
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