Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315, CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.
Weakness
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flash_player | Adobe | * | 11.2.202.442 (excluding) |
| Adobe-flashplugin | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Adobe-flashplugin | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Adobe-flashplugin | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Adobe-flashplugin | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Adobe-flashplugin | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Adobe-flashplugin | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
| Flashplugin-nonfree | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Flashplugin-nonfree | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Flashplugin-nonfree | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Flashplugin-nonfree | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Flashplugin-nonfree | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Flashplugin-nonfree | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00009.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131189/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-With-Workers-Use-After-Free.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62895
- http://www.osvdb.org/117853
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72429
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031686
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100641
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-02.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-04.html
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2755801
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36579/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00009.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131189/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-With-Workers-Use-After-Free.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62895
- http://www.osvdb.org/117853
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72429
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031686
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100641
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-02.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-04.html
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2755801
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36579/
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-0313