Flash Player <= 11.7.700.275 / 13.0.0.182 Pixel Bender Component Buffer Overflow (APSB14-13)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 73740

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has a browser plugin that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to 11.7.700.275 / 11.8.x / 11.9.x / 12.x / 13.0.0.182. It is, therefore, potentially affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability due to improper user input validation in the Pixel Bender component. An attacker could cause a buffer overflow with a specially crafted SWF file, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 11.7.700.279 / 13.0.0.206 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 73740

File Name: flash_player_apsb14-13.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/28/2014

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0515

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Required KB Items: SMB/Flash_Player/installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player Shader Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0515

BID: 67092

Detections

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