Adobe Flash Player Vector Object Information Disclosure Vulnerability

August 12th, 2014
ZDI-14-277 ZDI-CAN-2326

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0540

CVSS Score

6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Vendors

Adobe

Affected Products

Flash Player

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose memory addresses on vulnerable installations of Adobe Flash. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of Vector objects. By manipulating Vector objects an attacker can read arbitrary memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to leak arbitrary memory addresses.

Additional Details

Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2014-05-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2014-08-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

lokihardt@asrt

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