Memory corruption in Shockwave Player - CVE-2017-3086

 

Memory corruption in Shockwave Player - CVE-2017-3086

Published: June 13, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7014
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-2017-3086
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 attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in full system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3086

Update to version 12.2.9.199.

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