Adobe Flash Player prior 18.0.0.324 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Flash Player. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-8643. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, and CVE-2015-8650.

The weakness was presented 12/28/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-8643. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87656 (Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)), 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 168350 (OpenSuSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2015:2400-1)).

Upgrading to version 18.0.0.324 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87656), SecurityFocus (BID 79701†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55417†). See VDB-79926, VDB-79927, VDB-79930 and VDB-79931 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 87656
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)
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OpenVAS ID: 803490
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Dec15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 18.0.0.324

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12/23/2015 🔍
12/28/2015 +5 days 🔍
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12/29/2015 +1 days 🔍
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07/01/2022 +2376 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2015:2697
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-8643 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8643
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79938

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SecurityFocus: 79701
SecurityTracker: 1034544
Vulnerability Center: 55417 - [APSB16-01] Adobe Flash Player <20.0.0.267 Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-8643, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/29/2015 13:24
Updated: 07/01/2022 19:48
Changes: 12/29/2015 13:24 (39), 01/27/2018 12:39 (27), 07/01/2022 19:34 (4), 07/01/2022 19:41 (11), 07/01/2022 19:48 (1)
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