Null pointer dereference in Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2009-1865

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1425

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1865

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference when handling malformed files. By sending a specially crafted .pdf file, a remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

Update Adobe Flash Player 9.x and earlier to version 9.0.246.0:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html#fp9
Update Adobe Flash Player 10.x to version 10.0.32.18:
http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
Update Adobe Air to version 1.5.2.
http://get.adobe.com/air/

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
• Gentoo update for Adobe products
• Red Hat update for flash-plugin