Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2019-7108

 

Out-of-bounds read in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2019-7108

Published: April 10, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18222
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7108
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .swf file, trick the victim into opening it while visiting a website or when viewing a document, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Windows
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

How to mitigate CVE-2019-7108

Install updates from vendor's website.

Adobe Flash Player - update to 32.0.0.171

External References

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