Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.194 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.194. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-2991. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.194 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the h264 codec (related to decompression). Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 02/14/2017. The weakness was published 02/14/2017 by Natalie Silvanovich with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs as APSB17-04 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2991 since 12/02/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 370308 (Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB17-04)).

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 96190†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037815†). Similar entries are available at VDB-96954, VDB-96955, VDB-96956 and VDB-96957. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: 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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Recommended: Upgrade
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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
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2991 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2991
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96965

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SecurityFocus: 96190 - Adobe Flash Player APSB17-04 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2991 - MS17-005 - Adobe - Flash Player - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037815

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Created: 02/15/2017 11:22
Updated: 08/14/2020 17:26
Changes: 02/15/2017 11:22 (82), 08/14/2020 17:26 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:A03:103

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