Flash Player <= 15.0.0.223 Dereferenced Memory Pointer RCE (APSB14-26)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8585

Synopsis

The remote host is running an outdated version of Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer which is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

According to its version number, the instance of Flash Player on the remote host is exposed to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability by means of a malicious SWF file. This vulnerability exists due to the processing of a dereferenced memory pointer when handling SWF files.

Solution

Upgrade to version 15.0.0.239 or later.\n\nAlternatively, Adobe has made version 13.0.0.258 available for those who cannot be upgraded to 15.x.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 8585

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/27/2015

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 79442

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8439

BID: 71289

Detections

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