“Use-after-free” error in Adobe products - CVE-2015-8649

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“Use-after-free” error in Adobe products - CVE-2015-8649

Published: January 27, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5437
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-2015-8649
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player for Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to use-after-free 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 results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-8649

Install update from vendor's website.

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