Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5268 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	56205
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2012-5268
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 08 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 17 2013 12:13AM
Credit:	Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind, and Fermin Serna from Google Security Team
Vulnerable:	SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE openSUSE 12.1 SuSE openSUSE 11.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 5 client openSUSE openSUSE 12.2
Not Vulnerable:

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5268 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code, cause denial-of-service conditions, and potentially allowing an attacker to take control of the affected system.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 55827 (Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB12-22 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it.

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5268 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5268 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5268 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References:

• Adobe AIR homepage (Adobe)
  
• Adobe Flash Homepage (Adobe)
  
• Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities (Gentoo)