Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5266 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	56224
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-5266
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 08 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 17 2013 12:15AM
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-2012-5266 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application or cause denial-of-service conditions.

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-2012-5266 Buffer Overflow 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-2012-5266 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5266 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

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