Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5278 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	56547
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2012-5278
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 06 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 09:38AM
Credit:	Eduardo Vela Nava of the 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-2012-5278 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application.

Note: This issue was previously covered in BID 56412 (Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB12-24 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record for better documentation.

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5278 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5278 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5278 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

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