Adobe Flash Professional for Mac <= 11.5.1.349 JPG Object Dimension Memory Allocation FLA File Handling Remote Overflow (APSB12-12)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 59178

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has a multimedia authoring application that is affected by a code execution vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, at least one instance of Adobe Flash Professional on the remote Mac OS X host is less than or equal to 11.5.1.349. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by an integer overflow error in Flash.exe when allocating memory to process a JPG object using its image dimensions.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Professional CS5 11.5.2.349, Flash Professional CS6, or later.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-12.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 59178

File Name: macosx_flash_professional_apsb12-12.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/17/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0778

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash, cpe:/a:adobe:flash_cs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/Adobe Flash Professional/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0778

BID: 53419

Secunia: 47116