Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU5480

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe products - CVE-2015-4432

Published: January 30, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5480

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-2015-4432

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow. 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 for Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2015-4432

Install update from vendor's website.

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #940 - Adobe Flash - Heap Based Buffer Overflow Loading FLV File with Nellymoser Audio Codec (March 18, 2020)

External References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html