Adobe Flash Player SWF files buffer overflow

adobe-swf-bo (39128) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Adobe Flash Player is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when parsing embedded JPG images in SWF files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted SWF file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

Platforms Affected:

  • Adobe, Flash Player 8.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 8.0.24.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 8.0.34.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 8.0.35.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 8.0.39.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.114.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.115.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.124.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.16
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.18d60
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.20
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.20.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.28
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.28.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.31
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.31.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.45.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.47.0
  • Adobe, Flash Player 9.0.48.0
  • Gentoo, Linux
  • Novell, Linux Desktop 9
  • Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
  • Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
  • Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
  • RedHat, RHEL Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
  • RedHat, RHEL Extras 3
  • RedHat, RHEL Extras 4
  • RedHat, RHEL Extras 4.5.z
  • RedHat, RHEL Supplementary 5 Server
  • Sun, OpenSolaris 2008.5 SPARC
  • Sun, OpenSolaris 2008.5 x86
  • Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
  • Sun, Solaris 10 x86
  • SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.0

Remedy:

Refer to APSB07-20 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Reported:

Dec 18, 2007

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