Buffer overflow in Shockwave Player - CVE-2011-0556

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Buffer overflow in Shockwave Player - CVE-2011-0556

Published: February 10, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45338
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0556
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Shockwave Player

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The Font Xtra.x32 module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PFR1 chunk that leads to an unexpected sign extension and an invalid pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0569.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-0556

Install update from vendor's website.

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