Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.180 Pointer Array memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.180. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Pointer Array Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-1379. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 11.6.602.180 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Pointer Array Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.7.700.169 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.2.202.280 on Linux, before 11.1.111.50 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.54 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.7.0.1530; and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.7.0.1530 do not properly initialize pointer arrays, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 04/09/2013 by Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind and Fermin Serna with Google Security Team as APSB13-11 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-1379 since 01/16/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/08/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65909 (Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.6.0.6090 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-11)), 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 166149 (SUSE Security Update for flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2013:0672-1)).

Upgrading to version 11.7.700.169 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at adobe.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83302), Tenable (65909), SecurityFocus (BID 58951†), OSVDB (92143†) and Secunia (SA52931†). Similar entries are available at VDB-7129, VDB-7985, VDB-8217 and VDB-8218. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 65909
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR 3.x <= 3.6.0.6090 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-11)
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OpenVAS ID: 803386
OpenVAS Name: Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities -02 April 13 (Mac OS X)
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Upgrade: Flash Player 11.7.700.169
Patch: technet.microsoft.com

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB13-11
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind, Fermin Serna
Organization: Google Security Team
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CVE: CVE-2013-1379 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1379
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8220

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X-Force: 83302
SecurityFocus: 58951 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2013-1379 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 52931 - Adobe Flash Player / AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 92143
SecurityTracker: 1028400 - Adobe Flash Player Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 39083 - [APSB13-11] Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution - CVE-2013-1379, Critical

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Created: 04/10/2013 18:28
Updated: 05/08/2021 08:09
Changes: 04/10/2013 18:28 (89), 04/26/2017 23:59 (4), 05/08/2021 08:09 (2)
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