Advisory Details

December 10th, 2015

Adobe Flash HLS Stack Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-8457
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Flash
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 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 HTTP Live Streaming. The issue lies in the failure to validate the size of a user-supplied buffer prior to copying it to a stack buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-32.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-10-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-12-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	s3tm3m

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