(PT-2011-22) Positive Technologies Security Advisory 
Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player

Vulnerable software

Adobe Flash Player
Version: 10.3.181.36 and earlier(Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris); 10.3.185.25 and earlier (Android)

Adobe AIR
Version: 2.7 and earlier (Windows, Mac OS X, Android)

Application link: 
http://www.adobe.com/

Severity level

Severity level: High
Impact: Arbitrary Code Execution
Access Vector: Network exploitable 

CVSS v2: 
Base Score: 10
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVE: CVE-2011-2137

Software description

Adobe Flash Player is an application meant for playing flash content.

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have revealed a buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

How to fix

Update your software up to the latest version

Advisory status

28.06.2011 - Vendor is notified
28.06.2011 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
09.08.2011 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
28.03.2012 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was discovered by Alexander Zaitsev, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2011-22
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-21.html

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

http://ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/

About Positive Technologies

Positive Technologies www.ptsecurity.com is among the key players in the IT security market in Russia.

The principal activities of the company include the development of integrated tools for information security monitoring (MaxPatrol); providing IT security consulting services and technical support; development of the Securitylab leading Russian information security portal.

Among the clients of Positive Technologies, there are more than 40 state enterprises, more than 50 banks and financial organizations, 20 telecommunication companies, more than 40 plant facilities, as well as IT, service and retail companies from Russia, the CIS countries, the Baltic States, China, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA.

Positive Technologies is a team of highly skilled developers, advisers and experts with years of vast hands-on experience. The company specialists possess professional titles and certificates; they are the members of various international societies and are actively involved in the IT security field development.