CVE-2015-7631
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-10-14 23:00
Modified
2024-08-06 07:58
Severity ?
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.252 and 19.x before 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.535 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.213, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.213, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.213 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TextLine object with a crafted validity property, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7629, CVE-2015-7643, and CVE-2015-7644.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00011.html
psirt@adobe.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00012.html
psirt@adobe.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00013.html
psirt@adobe.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
psirt@adobe.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1893.html
psirt@adobe.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
psirt@adobe.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77061
psirt@adobe.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033797
psirt@adobe.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-513
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-25.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
psirt@adobe.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00011.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00012.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1893.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77061
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033797
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-513
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-25.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02
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