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Vulnerability Note VU#730785

Adobe Flash Player FLV integer overflow

Overview

A vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system.

I. Description

Adobe Flash Player is a player for the Flash media format and enables frame-based animations with sound to be viewed within a web browser. An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the way some versions of the Flash Player handle Flash Video (.flv) media. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with the ability to supply specially crafted media content to a user’s web browser, email client, or other applications that include or reference the Flash Player.

II. Impact

A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. The attacker-supplied code would be executed with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable software component.

III. Solution

Apply a patch

Updated versions of the affected software have been published to address this issue. Please see the Systems Affected section of this document for more information.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
AdobeVulnerable26-Sep-2007
Apple Computer, Inc.Vulnerable26-Sep-2007
Gentoo LinuxVulnerable26-Sep-2007
Red Hat, Inc.Vulnerable26-Sep-2007
SUSE LinuxVulnerable26-Sep-2007

References


http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-12.html
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/en/labs/advisories/MSA01110707
http://secunia.com/advisories/26027/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

Credit

This vulnerability was publicly reported in Adobe Product Security Bulletin APSB07-12. Adobe, in turn, credits Stefano DiPaola, Elia Florio and Giorgio Fedon with reporting this issue to them.

This document was written by Chad R Dougherty.

Other Information

Date Public:2007-07-10
Date First Published:2007-07-11
Date Last Updated:2007-11-15
CERT Advisory: 
CVE-ID(s):CVE-2007-3456
NVD-ID(s):CVE-2007-3456
US-CERT Technical Alerts: 
Metric:28.69
Document Revision:17

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