Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.194 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.194. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-2982. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.194 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in a routine related to player shutdown. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 02/14/2017. The weakness was released 02/14/2017 by Natalie Silvanovich (bo13oy) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as APSB17-04 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2982 since 12/02/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97300 (SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-player (SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100306 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (MS17-005)).

Upgrading to version 24.0.0.221 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (97300), SecurityFocus (BID 96199†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037815†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-96954, VDB-96955, VDB-96957 and VDB-96958. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 97300
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-player (SUSE-SU-2017:0523-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 800035
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb17-04 )-Windows
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Upgrade: Flash Player 24.0.0.221

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-04
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich (bo13oy)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2982 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2982
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96956

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SecurityFocus: 96199 - Adobe Flash Player APSB17-04 Multiple Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2982 - MS17-005 - Adobe - Flash Player - Use-After-Free Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037815

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/15/2017 11:22
Updated: 08/14/2020 16:45
Changes: 02/15/2017 11:22 (82), 08/14/2020 16:45 (9)
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Cache ID: 216:664:103

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