Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Player for Linux - CVE-2013-5332

 

Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Player for Linux - CVE-2013-5332

Published: January 16, 2017 / Updated: February 27, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4752
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-2013-5332
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting 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.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation

How to mitigate CVE-2013-5332

Install update from vendor's website.


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