Advisory Details

March 2nd, 2016

Adobe Flash MPEG-4 Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-8654
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Flash
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['21939']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Flash. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within MPEG-4 parsing. A specially crafted MP4 file can force Adobe Flash to read memory past the end of an allocated object. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-32.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-11-17 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-03-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri - HPE Zero Day Initiative

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