Type confusion in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2012-0752

 

Type confusion in Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2012-0752

Published: January 10, 2017 / Updated: March 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4056
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0752
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to type confusion error when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into viewing it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2012-0752

Update to version 11.1.102.62.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

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