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Air SdkApplication · Adobe

CVE-2015-8445

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-12-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 19.0.0.241 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Integer overflow in the Shader filter implementation in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large BitmapData source object.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-189

A legacy NVD category grouping numeric mistakes — overflows, truncation, sign errors — where a miscalculated value goes on to drive a dangerous decision such as a memory allocation or a bounds check. It is a bucket rather than one specific bug. Remediation is checked arithmetic and validating any computed size or index before it is used.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Air SdkApplication
Affected:<= 19.0.0.241
Air Sdk \& CompilerApplication
Affected:<= 19.0.0.241
Flash PlayerApplication
Affected:<= 11.2.202.548<= 18.0.0.261= 19.0.0.185= 19.0.0.207= 19.0.0.226= 19.0.0.245
AirApplication
Affected:<= 19.0.0.241

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 19.0.0.241
Vendor patch helpx.adobe.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.268+ / 20.0.0.228+ / 11.2.202.554+; Adobe AIR 20.0.0.204+; Adobe AIR SDK 20.0.0.204+; Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler 20.0.0.204+

  1. 1. Identify the currently installed Adobe Flash Player version by navigating to About Flash Player in the browser or checking the installed version in control panels.
  2. 2. Identify the currently installed Adobe AIR version by checking the version in the Adobe AIR settings or Add/Remove Programs.
  3. 3. For Flash Player: Download and install the appropriate fixed version from https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-32.html - version 18.0.0.268 or later for 18.x, version 20.0.0.228 or later for 20.x, or version 11.2.202.554 or later for Linux.
  4. 4. For Adobe AIR: Download and install Adobe AIR version 20.0.0.204 or later from the Adobe website.
  5. 5. For Adobe AIR SDK: Download and install Adobe AIR SDK version 20.0.0.204 or later from the Adobe developer website.
  6. 6. For Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler: Download and install Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler version 20.0.0.204 or later.
  7. 7. Restart all browsers and applications that use Flash Player after the update.
  8. 8. Verify the installed version matches or exceeds the fixed versions specified in the Adobe security bulletin.
Caveat Flash Player and AIR reached end-of-life on December 31, 2020; consider migrating to modern web technologies as these products are no longer supported

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