Security Alert (A15-07-04): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player


 

Published on: 09 July 2015

  
  

Description:

Security updates are released for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities caused by memory corruption, heap buffer overflow, type confusion or use-after-free error. To successfully exploit the vulnerabilities, a remote attacker could entice a targeted user to open a specially crafted web page, Flash file, or document that supports embedded Flash content.


Reports indicate that an exploit targeting one of the vulnerabilities is publicly available.

Affected Systems:

  • Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.194 and earlier versions
  • Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.296 and earlier versions
  • Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.468 and earlier versions
  • Air Desktop Runtime 18.0.0.144 and earlier versions
  • Air SDK and SDK & Complier 18.0.0.144 and earlier versions

Impact:

A successful attack could lead to arbitrary code execution, sensitive information disclosure and security restrictions bypass.


Recommendation:

Upgrade Adobe Flash Player to the following versions to address the issue. The upgrade can be obtained by using the auto-update mechanism or by downloading at the following URLs:

  • Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.203
    http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash
    http://www.adobe.com/products/players/flash-player-distribution.html

  • Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.302
    http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html

  • Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.481
    http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash

  • Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.203 & 18.0.0.204 for Google Chrome
    http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/

  • Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.203 for Internet Explorer 10 & 11 for Windows 8 and 8.1
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3065823

  • AIR Desktop Runtime, AIR SDK & Compiler 18.0.0.180
    http://get.adobe.com/air/
    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/air-sdk-download.html

If you have multiple browsers, you are required to perform the Adobe Flash Player upgrade for each browser, the Flash Player version can be checked at http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/



More Information:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/15070901 https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/07/08/Adobe-Releases-Security-Updates-Flash-Player
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0578
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3097
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3114 (to CVE-2015-3137)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4428 (to CVE-2015-4433)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5116 (to CVE-2015-5119)



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